Speak Up Newport (SUN) has set a date of February 29, 2024 for the annual Speak Up Newport Mayor’s Dinner, to be held at VEA Newport Beach. The evening promises to be a celebration of civic leadership, with a special focus on honoring the newly elected 2024 Newport Beach Mayor Read More
Stockings, including two hand-stitched designs, hang over the fireplace at a Collins Avenue home included in a former Balboa Island Holiday Home Walking Tour. Photo by Sara Hall The Balboa Island Holiday Home Walking Tour, an annual event presented by the Balboa Island Improvement Association, returns on Sunday, Dec. 10 Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager For the 18th year, the City of Newport Beach is partnering with Operation Christmas to collect toys, DVDs, sporting equipment and other gift donations to support military service members and their families. Pease consider donating an unwrapped gift to Operation Christmas Read More
Laguna Playhouse has added two new names to its organization. Michael G. Murphy will assume the newly created position of Director of Advancement, and Karyn Philippsen will be the new Community Relations Liaison for the Playhouse. According to information from Laguna Playhouse, the addition of these two positions is part Read More
Gelson’s customers – especially those in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach – are encouraged to take part in the Gelson’s annual toy drive to benefit disadvantaged children across the region. Customers who visit those local Gelson’s Markets, or any of its 28 locations across Southern California, can participate by donating Read More
Artist’s rendering of the Visit Newport Beach Rose Parade float. Dozens of creative floats of all shapes and sizes will glide down Colorado Avenue in Pasadena on January 1 as part of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Countless volunteer hours go into decorating the floats, which are covered with Read More
Laurie’s Scholars founder Don Schoendorfer with wheelchair recipients in Kenya Other than earplugs for when your mother-in-law invites herself to spend the summer at your house, the wheel with axle arguably is the greatest singular invention in the history of humankind. The earliest wheel, it is surmised by archeologists, revolved Read More
Kure IT! founder Barry Hoeven Doctors are always striving for ways to cure cancer, but Corona del Mar resident Barry Hoeven was looking to Kure cancer. Hoeven was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2007. After Hoeven learned there was a disconnect between the number of people afflicted with kidney cancer Read More
Santa’s Express train at South Coast Plaza ‘Tis the season at South Coast Plaza, and not just for shopping (although there’s plenty of that too). The 42nd annual Tree Lighting Ceremony took place on November 17 in front of the Westin South Coast Plaza, and set the sensational 96-foot fir Read More
Committed to supporting research vital to the field of spinal care, DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (“DISC”) has announced its participation in a clinical study on artificial disc replacement and is now enrolling qualified patients. Candidates may include patients between the ages of 18 and 75 who have been Read More
