Category: Orange County News

Newport Bech Fire Department Crews Rescue Driver After Car Plunges Down Embankment off San Joaquin Hills Road

NBFD at the car that plunged off San Joaquin Hills Road The Newport Beach Fire Department (NBFD), with assistance from the Orange County Fire Authority, successfully rescued a driver whose vehicle ran off the road and down an embankment on San Joaquin Hills Road near Spyglass Avenue on Tuesday, April Read More

Orangewood Foundation Hosts OrangewoodFEST 2024: An Epic Party at Newport Dunes Saturday, April 20

Participants in the 2022 Orangewood Challenge Newport Dunes is once again the site of the Orangewood Challenge which takes place on Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Newport Dunes, 1131 Back Bay Dr. The Orangewood Challenge is an exciting and fun multi-sport team-based obstacle course in Read More

Segerstrom Center for the Arts Presents North American Premiere of American Ballet Theatre ‘Woolf Works’ Through April 14

Hee Seo and Aran Bell in “Woolf Works.” Photo: Fabrizio Ferri. It’s always a privilege and a delight when American Ballet Theatre comes to Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The longtime partnership between ABT and Segerstrom Center was fostered by Henry Segerstrom many years ago, enabling ABT to bring its Read More

City of Newport Beach Accepting Applications for Community Program and Special Events Grants

Art in the Park The City of Newport Beach is now accepting applications from organizations that provide community programs available to Newport Beach residents, and from qualified event organizers seeking financial support for Newport Beach-based events. To qualify for the special events grant, the events must take place between July Read More

Newport Beach City Manager Update: Digital Water Meters, Shredding and E-Waste Disposal

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager I am pleased to report that after a multi-year effort, the City’s Utilities Department has converted or replaced all of Newport Beach’s older, analog residential and commercial water meters – about 27,000 – with new digital water meters. The digital meters Read More