Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The Newport Beach Fire Department (NBFD) has updated the City of Newport Beach’s “Ready, Set, Go!” web resource with important information on wildfire and evacuation preparation, including: How to “harden” your home by creating a line of Read More
Newport Beach City Council 2023 By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, October 24. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71680/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m.: Potential changes to the Newport Read More
Light Tunnel at Sherman Library & Gardens Halloween is not yet here and Thanksgiving is weeks away, but Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar is already getting into a festive holiday mood by announcing that its popular Nights of 1000 Lights returns to the gardens December 9-22. Back Read More
Napa in Newport Committee CureDuchenne and Vintner Chair Melka Estates will host the Ninth Annual “Napa in Newport” on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point. “Napa in Newport” brings together more than 45 of the most acclaimed Napa Valley vintners under one roof Read More
Balboa Island Ferry / photo courtesy Visit Newport Beach The Balboa Island bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic every night from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Sunday, October 22 through Wednesday, October 25 for construction activity. Residents will have an alternative method for accessing the island on those Read More
Restored Crystal Cove cottages Crystal Cove Conservancy (The Conservancy), the nonprofit public benefit organization partnered with Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Coast, has announced that the last tranche of funding has been secured for the North Beach Cottage Restoration Project, allowing the first group of eight newly restored North Read More
From Left to Right: Tracy Gardea (Dana Point) and Harvesters members Gail Haft, Newport Coast; Maddie McKinley, Costa Mesa; Cameran Davis, Newport Beach; Stephanie Kaberna, Newport Beach; Andrea McAllister, San Juan Capistrano; Kacey Bruno, Dana Point. Courtesy of Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County/Kevin Rogers Photography Coinciding with Hunger Read More
Event founder and director Kristin Martin with Unconditional Senior and Disabled Dog Rescue Founders Julain and Amy Mack Some dogs are all bark and no bite. At the Chef Masters Culinary Extravaganza on Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Festival of Arts grounds in Laguna Beach, the barking came courtesy of Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager On Thursday, October 12, the California Coastal Commission upheld the Newport Beach City Council’s decision to prohibit fractional homeownership in residential zoning districts. The Coastal Commission’s vote supports local control over an important housing issue that threatened to impact our community. Read More
Chef Ross Pangilinan’s dessert for “Wicked” in 2016 For many years, dining at Leatherby’s Café Rouge before seeing a musical at Segerstrom Center was a must for me due to the fabulous themed menus created by Leatherby’s Chef Ross Pangilinan. Probably the most memorable was a three-course menu Chef Ross Read More
