Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, February 28. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71674/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m.: The Council will hear an update on Newport Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Representatives from the Surfrider Foundation North Orange County Chapter recently presented the City with a generous donation of $12,415 toward the purchase and installation of a new marine trash skimmer for Newport Harbor. The donation will be Read More
Shannon Cochran, Lea Coco, Marco Barricelli and Jamison Jones in South Coast Repertory’s 2023 Voices of America production of The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman. Photo by Jenny Graham/SCR. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy In its opening slot for 2023, South Coast Repertory chose to do Read More
Will O’Neill By Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill As our national economy roils and our state projects a $22.5 billion deficit, the Newport Beach budget continues to strengthen our civic foundations with a healthy outlook. Our budget’s core strength is based first and foremost on our property tax valuation. When Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager On February 19, 2022, Huntington Beach Police Officer and Pilot Nick Vella was killed in a police helicopter crash during a call for service in the City of Newport Beach. In coordination with the City of Huntington Beach, a memorial plaque Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, February 14. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71675/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m.: Ocean Boulevard visioning. The Council will hear a Read More
Blake McGraw, 10, tries on his prosthetic arm for the first time with help from his mother Krystal McGraw during a visit to the Sage Prosthetics program on Wednesday, January 11. Blake was born with a congenital amputation above his left elbow. / Photo courtesy of Sage Hill School By Read More
Op/Ed by Lauren Kleiman, Newport Beach Council Member, District 6 Sometimes called ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units), JADUs (Junior Accessory Dwelling Units), mother-in-law units, carriage houses or casitas, these micro-living spaces have become regular household nomenclature. Regardless of the label, the general definition remains the same; a secondary dwelling, sited on Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City Council hosted a productive planning session on Saturday, Jan. 28, as Council members provided input and facilitated discussion on a number of topics. The key areas of discussion were: Financial status and budget development. Thanks Read More
The cast of “Murder Among Friends” at Newport Theatre Arts Center. From left: Frank Valdez, Yvonne Robertson, Bill Peters, Lori Kelley, Michael Frankeny. Standing: Andrew Kelley. Photo by Charles Weinberg. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy When Newport Theatre Arts Center staged “Murder Among Friends” in the Read More
