Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager On Thursday, October 12, the California Coastal Commission upheld the Newport Beach City Council’s decision to prohibit fractional homeownership in residential zoning districts. The Coastal Commission’s vote supports local control over an important housing issue that threatened to impact our community. Read More
Scene from “exposure” By Khyra Stiner | Special to the NB Indy A chilling tale about the reality of mental illness, “Exposure” tells the story of a man battling with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). After being kidnapped, poisoned, and eventually freed, the film follows Tanner (Douglas Smith) as he goes Read More
Photos:James Taylor being interviewed in the film “Immediate Family” By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist Session musicians are the Buddhist monks of Rock and Roll. I say this because they lose their ego in a way no other musician does. Session musicians aren’t in it for the fame, Read More
Herbert Siguenza (right), as Quijano, transforms himself into Don Quixote and escapes from his sister, Magdalena (Laura Crotte, left); his psychotherapist, Dr. Campos (Maya Malan-Gonzalez); niece Antonia (Viviana Garza); and Padre Perez (Sol Castillo), who want to move him out of his home and into assisted living. Photo by Jenny Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City is deploying some exciting new technologies in Newport Harbor to further maintain and improve water quality in the bay. On Thursday, October 5, members of the City’s Water Quality and Coastal Tidelands Committee gathered at Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, October 10. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71681/72. The regular meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. Agenda items include: A grant transfer agreement with Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager One indicator of a strong local real estate market is building permit activity, which reflects a community’s investment in new property development and improvements. Newport Beach is doing remarkably well on that front. During the 2022-23 fiscal year, the City’s Community Read More
Scene from “Les Mis” at Segerstrom Center By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist The musical “Les Miserables” is timeless. Not just because it’s a classic, but because at every age you watch it, the more there is to notice. The unique characters, the lessons, and incredible depth that Read More
(Left to Right) Jeffrey Markle (seated), Richard Baird, James Taylor Odom, Nick Tag, and Lizzie Zerebko star in the Laguna Playhouse production of “The Rainmaker” By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Californians everywhere can relate to the miseries caused by drought. Whether that makes “The Rainmaker” more Read More
The cast of “The Addams Family” / Photo by Sarah Whitwell By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Just in time for fall and Halloween, and leading off Newport Theatre Arts Center’s new season, is the hit 2009 Broadway musical “The Addams Family.” Think this is a stage Read More
