Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The advocacy efforts of Newport Beach’s Aviation Committee paid off once again this week, as the County of Orange adopted the Fly Friendly program to reduce impacts from general aviation jets on our neighborhoods. The concept for the program was proposed Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, August 23. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/68235/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: A discussion related to electric Read More
AJ Love (center) stars with the company of “XANUDU” at the Laguna Playhouse. By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Looking for something fun to wrap up your summer? You won’t find a better way than Laguna Playhouse’s production of the 2007 Broadway musical “Xanadu” that runs through Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Beginning next month, through November, the City will present a series of free, one-hour public forums featuring agencies that work closely with our staff to provide services for people experiencing homelessness in Newport Beach. These forums will be an excellent opportunity Read More
We are off to a poor start for the 2022 election. Tom Miller, a newcomer to Newport Beach who recently sold his auto detailing business, moved to town and decided it would be fun to be on the city council, has personally and through surrogates attacked the integrity of Joe Read More
Hatch chilis By Megan Forrester | Special to the NB Indy No matter who you are, everyone eventually ends up at the grocery store. Whether it’s to stock up on paper products, secure ingredients for a new recipe or grab a bottle of wine after a long day at work, Read More
Scene from “Pericles” at New Swan Shakespeare Festival By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” is among the least recognized. Theater companies rarely produce it, so audiences rarely see it. That’s why the new production of “Pericles,” one of Read More
Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon – photo by Jeff Fasano By Simone Goldstone, NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist The Bacon Brothers, consisting of actor Kevin Bacon and composer Michael Bacon, have just celebrated the release of their new EP “Erato,” named after the goddess of romantic poetry. With songs like “Dark Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager This month the City is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Upper Buck Gully trail renovations, which created an accessible, habitat-friendly hiking and biking trail within a protected canyon. In the past decade, the Buck Gully trail Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Congratulations to the Friends of the Newport Beach Animal Shelter (FONBAS) for the latest milestone in a public-private partnership that will bring a new, permanent animal shelter to the City of Newport Beach. Last week FONBAS joined members of the City Read More
