Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, August 27. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and staff reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/73667/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: Development impact fees. Staff Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I would like to thank and recognize our residents who participated in this year’s Summer Reading Program, and our Library Services staff for delivering another stellar series. The summer 2024 numbers were impressive: Participation and attendance in Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I am pleased to report that the City of Newport Beach will be participating in a major regional project to create permanent supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness and at risk of becoming homeless. The project is a partnership between the Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The Newport Beach Fire Department (NBFD) continues to provide mutual aid to help combat the wildfires burning throughout California. The NBFD had 10 staff members deployed throughout the state as of Friday, August 2. Six NBFD firefighters are deployed to the Read More
Kristin McKay and her son, Charlie, aboard the outrigger canoe. Photo by Chris Trela By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy On August 1, the Newport Aquatic Center welcomed Beyond Blindness, a nonprofit in Santa Ana providing support for visually impaired children and their families, to their facility Read More
(from L) Nolan Almeida as Peter Pan, Cody Garcia as Captain Hook, Hawa Kamara as Wendy and the cast of Peter Pan. Photo: Matthew Murphy By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy The National Tour of Peter Pan flew into Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa Read More
Alex Lydon, Tommy Beck, Jess Andrews, Joe Ngo and Ana Marcu in the 2024 Outside SCR production of “The Old Man and the Old Moon.” Book, music and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co. By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy South Coast Repertory’s productions typically perform in their Read More
By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist When Newport Beach resident Murphy Karges, a founding member of the band Sugar Ray, sat down to write his memoir, something unexpected happened. Instead of chronicling the unfathomable highs of stardom, the lows of lonesome nights on tour away from family, and Read More
By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist When Newport Beach resident Murphy Karges, founding member of the band Sugar Ray, sat down to write his memoir, something unexpected happened. Instead of chronicling the unfathomable highs of stardom, the lows of lonesome nights on tour away from family, and the Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Citizen boards, commissions and committees play a vital role in our local government, serving as advisory bodies to the Newport Beach City Council. These groups are made up of volunteer community members who bring their unique perspectives Read More
