Santa Ana, CA — With federal immigration enforcement actions increasing across Orange County, undocumented residents in Santa Ana are facing heightened risks and uncertainty. While the city remains committed to its Sanctuary City status and protections under the California Values Act (SB 54), individuals still need to take proactive steps Read More
The Newport Beach Historical Society presents Chris Epting on “Lost Landmarks of Orange County” for the Distinguished Speaker Series on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Balboa Fun Zone. Epting is a New York Times bestselling author and television host. Join us to explore his “Lost Landmarks of Read More
The Corona del Mar-based Samueli Foundation has made its largest single day tranche of grant announcements in organizational history, alerting 138 Orange County-serving nonprofit organizations that they are grant recipients from the newly created Breakaway Fund. The Breakaway Fund launched in May with a $5 million budget, but the Samueli Read More
By Simone Goldstone NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist [Editor’s Note: Soundcheck Columnist Simone Goldstone took a detour to Austin, Texas earlier this month for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and filed this report.] The Austin skyline looms in the heavy heat, but nobody seems to mind. The grass is green, Read More
More than 240 guests gathered at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach on September 25 for the 19th annual Keep the Promise Wine Tasting Benefit at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach. As one of Orange County’s premier wine tasting benefits, the evening grossed over $400,000 for The Read More
Hoag celebrated a milestone in the fight against addiction and mental health challenges with the October 2 groundbreaking of the CareMar Recovery Center, a state-of-the-art facility to be built on the Newport Beach campus. According to information from Hoag Hospital, CareMar Recover Center will transform recovery care in Orange County. Read More
Friday, October 17, 2025 Arts in Irvine invites the community to celebrate the start of yuletide season at the 43rd annual Holiday Faire, returning Saturday, November 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Great Park Palm Court Arts Complex. This community-favorite tradition transforms the Great Park Palm Court Read More
The Orange Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on October 17, 2025, at 3700 W. Chapman Avenue, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. DUI Checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests. Officers will be Read More
Last Wednesday, a victim met with a man to conduct a Facebook Marketplace transaction at the Irvine Police Department’s E-commerce exchange area. The buyer paid the seller more than $5,000 in “funny money,” and not the “ha-ha” kind. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Irvine Police Department Read More
A passerby spotted a female driver appearing to inhale NOS (nitrous oxide) while behind the wheel, in the middle of the day, according to the Fullerton Police Department. That quick call to police helped officers locate her, confirm she was driving under the influence, and safely take her to jail Read More
