Fourth of July fireworks over the bay in Newport Beach.— Photo by Lawrence Sherwin © The City of Newport Beach enhances public safety efforts on the Fourth of July holiday to help maintain a safe, festive and family friendly environment in the city. Though most residents and business owners are Read More
Rendering of the new Witte Library Lecture Hall The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation will be hosting a Kids Marketplace in support of the Beyond Books Witte Hall civic auditorium project on Sunday, June 23, 2024. It will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Central Library Friends Read More
Christopher Trela and Richard Simon with their Press Club awards. Not pictured: fellow award winner Simone Goldstone, who was unable to attend. Newport Beach Independent writers were honored with seven awards at the annual Orange County Press Club Journalism Awards dinner on Thursday, June 13. Editor Christopher Trela received First Read More
On Monday, June 17, the Newport Harbor Elks Drug Awareness Program is hosting free Narcan training for older teens and adults given by a representative of the Solace Foundation of Orange County. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and is open to Elks members as well as non-members. Younger children Read More
Participants in the 2024 Hoag Circle 1000 brunch. The 37nd annual Circle 1000 Founders’ Celebration Brunch to benefit Hoag Family Cancer Institute raised over $1 million to benefit Hoag Family Cancer Institute. More than 300 Circle 1000 donors and friends, along with Hoag physicians and staff, gathered on Thursday, May Read More
Balboa Bay Club 1221 Scholarship winners for 2024 On Tuesday, May 28, the Balboa Bay Club presented its annual 1221 Scholarships to local high school students. The event was hosted by Jon Wortmann, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Balboa Bay Club. To date, the 1221 Scholarship Fund has awarded Read More
Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill (center) and members of the Newport Beach City Council at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Junior Lifeguard building. Hundreds of community members joined Newport Beach City officials on Wednesday, June 12 at a ribbon-cutting celebration and open house for the new Junior Lifeguard Building at Read More
Corona del Mar was once California’s premier surfing spot, holding the sport’s first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona del Mar and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for watercraft drastically altered board riding, destroying the great wave-making machine and creating the surf giant of Read More
Balboa Island Parade Banner. Photo by Lawrence Sherwin. Several thousand spectators lined the streets of Marine Avenue on Balboa Island Sunday, June 2 to watch the annual Balboa Island Parade. This year’s theme was “Balboa Island in Paradise – A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett.” As in past years, the parade Read More
A residential burglary recently occurred in The Colony Community between approximately May 6 and May 21. While the victims were away, an unknown suspect removed a window screen to get into the unit. Inside, the suspect rummaged through the nightstand and ransacked the closet in the master bedroom before fleeing Read More
