Author and Amazon explorer Richard Simon Story and Photos by Richard Simon It had been 57 years since I had first muddied my boots in the muck and tangles of the Amazon jungle, north of the river-locked city of Iquitos, Peru. Time to revisit. The heat and humidity still press Read More
Garden Party hat walk “I went to a Garden Party to reminisce with my old friends.” Those lyrics from the 1972 song written by Rick Nelson certainly apply to the Sherman Library & Gardens’ Fifth Annual Newport Beach Summer Garden Party held on Saturday, Aug. 3, with the 300 “old Read More
Citizen of the Year honoree Marie Case (center) surrounded by past Citizen of the Year honorees. Photo by Robyn Grant Marie Case, Newport Beach’s favorite Italian gal about town, was announced as the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at a surprise Read More
Driving around Newport Beach there seems to be projects going on everywhere these days. Credit goes to the city of Newport Beach, which has an ambitious program of public works projects in the coming months. Come hear Public Works Director Dave Webb give an update on these projects and their Read More
Jeffrey Petersen, Dylan Sih and Siene Nichols, all USA teams, in the GovCup. Photo by Jim Collins Cole Tapper (AUS), Jack Frewin and Hamish Vass representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia came back from a 2-0 deficit against defending two-time GovCup winner Jeffrey Petersen (USA) and crew Daniel Pegg 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
Film Festival co-founders Todd Quartararo and Gregg Schwenk / photo by Chris Trela What started as a modest film festival more than two decades ago (with festival founders Gregg Schwenk and Todd Quartararo hoping audiences would show up) has now become one of the largest film festivals on the West Read More
Hoag Compass clinic at the Hoag On-Demand Care & Innovation Center Hoag has launched the next generation of primary care and consumer health technology with Hoag Compass. The new program takes a proactive approach to healthcare that goes beyond standard sick care offered in traditional primary care. The wellness program offers 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
