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Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, March 11. The full agenda is available here: https://newportbeach.legistar1.com/newportbeach/meetings/2025/3/3739_A_City_Council_25-03-11_Agenda.pdf?id=64ca6b68-c8f6-4e07-a3c9-291f8fe499b3. A Study Session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Read More

The members of the band Chudson By Zoe Luczaj | Special to the NB Indy A scrappy and wildly inventive five-piece outfit right out of Newport Beach is reviving a dying musical genre with its energetic performances and DIY spirit. Chudson has an upbeat and explosive sound that’s equally indebted Read More

Dining writer Malena Gordon at the OC Restaurant Week kickoff event By Malena Gordon | Special to the NB Indy Orange County Restaurant Week launched with a tasty and fun VIP launch party on Saturday, March 1, marking the week-long dining adventure perfect for foodies looking to “celebrate their own Read More

Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the City Council will consider a $2.1 million, five-year agreement with BRINC Drones, Inc. for seven public safety drones, a significant part of the Newport Beach Police Department (NBPD) technology upgrades that began Read More

As a student at Chapman University, I am surprised and disheartened to hear about libraries in Orange County and across the nation having funding cut, hours reduced, and books being challenged, banned, or censored, such as the Orange libraries’ hours being reduced and Huntington Beach Library attempting to move certain Read More

I just had the nicest walk. Every person I passed gave me a warm hello this afternoon.  It was absolutely heartwarming, and I am not exaggerating. I have lots of experience because I take several walks a week around my neighborhood in the Heights and am disappointed that people seem Read More

By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, February 11 at 4 p.m. The full agenda is available here: https://www.newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/77120/72. Agenda items include: A proposal to reduce flashy fuels and restore habitat in Buck Gully reserve. The $425,000, Read More

Joe Stapleton By Joe Stapleton, Mayor of Newport Beach As we watched in terror as the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires devastate our neighbors up north in Los Angeles, we in Newport Beach have much to be grateful for. But our relative calm compared to the hellscape that has razed Read More

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The long-awaited dredging project for lower Newport Harbor will move forward, following recent approval by the Newport Beach City Council and Port of Long Beach to use dredged sediment for a pier fill project at the port. This arrangement is similar Read More

Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, January 28. A closed session meeting will begin at 4 p.m. The regular meeting begins at 5 p.m. The full agenda is available here: Read More