Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, September 12. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71683/72. The regular meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Agenda items include: A temporary agreement to allow Read More
Grace Leung On this Labor Day weekend, which marks the official end of the summer season, I thought it would be fitting to recognize the men and women who help ensure the safety of residents and visitors on our beaches: our City lifeguard team. This year is the 100th anniversary Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I am pleased to announce a new appointment in the City of Newport Beach’s management team: Seimone Jurjis, who has served as Community Development Director since 2017, will be our newest Assistant City Manager. He will continue Read More
Lauren Kleiman, Newport Beach City Council, District 6 By Lauren Kleiman, Newport Beach City Council, District 6 I’m sure it will come as no surprise to readers to know that a recent UCI poll of Orange County residents revealed that an overwhelming majority viewed homelessness as the number one issue Read More
Scene from “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” / photo by Jesús E. López Vargas By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy It would take months and a dedicated core of theater enthusiasts to stage every play written by Shakespeare – and presenting each drama, comedy and historical Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager As of mid-day Friday, August 18, Hurricane Hilary has intensified and is now a Category 4 hurricane heading toward the Southern California region with an expected landfall on Sunday, August 20. While the storm will likely weaken before it hits land, Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 22. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71684/72. City Council members will meet as the Newport Beach Public Facilities Corporation at 4 p.m. This Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager As part of our ongoing effort to streamline services and increase efficiencies, the City of Newport Beach is now offering online plan check reviews and permitting for residential construction projects. Newport Beach residents and contractors can now Read More
Scene from “Julius Caesar” at New Swan. Photography by Jesús López Vargas. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Was Julius Caesar ambitious? Ambition is an elusive quality that pushes those gripped by it into deeds often incomprehensible to most of us. Shakespeare knew it well, and explored Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Congratulations to all the participants and instructors upon the successful completion of the summer 2023 Junior Lifeguard program! This year’s program wrapped up on Thursday, August 3 with a graduation ceremony at Balboa Peninsula Park attended by hundreds of program graduates Read More
