Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City celebrated two significant milestones in Newport Harbor on Tuesday, August 27: opening a new public dock and welcoming the first electric patrol vessel in the Harbor Department fleet. The new VITA Seal electric boat is also the first all-electric Read More
Classic Albums Live By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist Remember playing a record all the way through, or having a CD in your car where you didn’t skip a favorite song? Classic Albums Live remembers, and delivers a rock symphony complete with world-class musicians that play those perfect Read More
The Pacific Symphony with Pops Conductor, Enrico Lopez-Yañez By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy On August 23, the Pacific Symphony presented “John Williams’ Magical Music of Harry Potter,” the fourth of their five-concert Summerfest series. Hundreds of attendees flocked to Great Park Live in Irvine, many representing Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, August 27. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and staff reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/73667/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: Development impact fees. Staff Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I would like to thank and recognize our residents who participated in this year’s Summer Reading Program, and our Library Services staff for delivering another stellar series. The summer 2024 numbers were impressive: Participation and attendance in Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I am pleased to report that the City of Newport Beach will be participating in a major regional project to create permanent supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness and at risk of becoming homeless. The project is a partnership between the Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The Newport Beach Fire Department (NBFD) continues to provide mutual aid to help combat the wildfires burning throughout California. The NBFD had 10 staff members deployed throughout the state as of Friday, August 2. Six NBFD firefighters are deployed to the Read More
Kristin McKay and her son, Charlie, aboard the outrigger canoe. Photo by Chris Trela By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy On August 1, the Newport Aquatic Center welcomed Beyond Blindness, a nonprofit in Santa Ana providing support for visually impaired children and their families, to their facility Read More
(from L) Nolan Almeida as Peter Pan, Cody Garcia as Captain Hook, Hawa Kamara as Wendy and the cast of Peter Pan. Photo: Matthew Murphy By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy The National Tour of Peter Pan flew into Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa Read More
Alex Lydon, Tommy Beck, Jess Andrews, Joe Ngo and Ana Marcu in the 2024 Outside SCR production of “The Old Man and the Old Moon.” Book, music and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy South Coast Repertory’s productions typically perform in their Read More
