Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, April 25. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71670/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: Potential development of a pilot Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Based on early registration numbers, this summer is shaping up to be the busiest ever for the City’s youth camps. Camp Newport, the City’s collection of weeklong, full- and half-day summer camps, typically draws nearly 7,500 participants. Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Council As this winter’s record rainfall and snowpack levels are tallied, they add up to significant drought relief for Orange County and all of California. The recent storms have refilled many of California’s major water supply reservoirs. A Read More
The Cast of “Dinner With Friends” L to R: Angel Correa, Jami Barlett, Holland Renton, Mark Coyan in “Dinner With Friends” at Newport Theatre Arts Center. Photo by Charles Weinberg. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Donald Margulies has said that most of his plays revolve around Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager On Tuesday, April 4 the City will begin accepting applications for our annual community programs grants and special events grants. I encourage qualifying community groups and event organizers to submit applications for consideration. Grants are available in two main categories: 1) Read More
Images from the Theodore Robins Ford exhibit at the Balboa Island Museum By Pete Weitzner | Special to the NB Indy Theodore Robins Sr., founder of Theodore Robins Ford, and the four-generation, family-run Theodore Robins Ford dealership, are being honored this spring by the Balboa Island Museum Newport Beach with Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I’m very pleased to note that Joe Cartwright, a 21-year veteran of the Newport Beach Police Department, has been appointed as the City’s next Chief of Police. Cartwright has held a variety of field and command-level positions Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, March 28. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71672/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. agenda items include: A Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Thank you to residents and stakeholders who wrote to us and voiced your opinions during the March 14 City Council meeting on the topic of fractional homeownership. After months of effort by the City’s Planning Commission and extensive public input, Council Read More
The company of the Laguna Playhouse production of “ONCE” By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Some tales like the basic boy-meets-girl romance have been told so often they’re frequently riddled with clichés born of audience overfamiliarity. “Once” offers a textbook example of how to tell such a Read More
