Category: Orange County News

United Ukrainian Ballet Dances West Coast Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Giselle’ at Segerstrom Center June 29 – July 2

“Giselle” from United Ukrainian Ballet. Photo by Altin Kaftira Last November, dancers from Russia and Ukraine came together to create an intimate, one-of-a-kind evening of dance on the stage of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The result was a spectacular, emotional, and often mesmerizing dance concert that defied Read More

The Drake Restaurant Raises $125K for Music Education at Groove for Good Event

The Drake interior / Frank Salas Photography Memorable music and creative cuisine paired perfectly for a good cause when the Drake Restaurant in Laguna Beach hosted an annual fundraiser dubbed “Groove for Good” on Tuesday, June 6. The sold-out event’s main purpose – where philanthropists, industry innovators and exceptional musical Read More

Annual Gentlemen’s Haberdashery at Balboa Bay Resort Raises Record Amount

Children from the Sacred Heart Kids Club walk the runway The Gentlemen’s Haberdashery, one of Orange County’s longest and most celebrated fundraisers and events, raised a record-breaking $525,000 on Thursday, April 25, at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach. Nearly 400 people attended as Orange County’s most distinguished leaders Read More

Orange County Chapter of AAP in Newport Beach Calls for Stronger Programs for Pedestrian Safety

Children are at risk for pedestrian injury. It is the among the leading causes of death and nonfatal injury among children in California and here in Orange County. It is often preventable. California pediatricians want to emphasize: Walking is good for the health of children, families, and the environment, and Read More

Pacific Symphony Gala Raises $2 Million for Artistic, Education and Community Engagement Programs

Symphony Music Director Carl St.Clair with his wife Susan, Gala Co-Chair Jane Fujishige Yada, Pacific Symphony President and CEO John Forsyte and Michele Forsyte, flanked by Blues Brothers lookalikes / photo by Doug Gifford In March 2020, the Pacific Symphony held its annual gala a week before the pandemic shut Read More

Hoag Hospital Launches Innovative Technology to Revolutionize Early Detection of Skin Cancer

Hoag Cancer Center May was Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, but with summer finally here and an increase in sun exposure, melanoma is still top of mind, especially at Hoag Hospital which has launched innovative technology that will revolutionize early detection and prevention for this highly prevalent diagnosis. Hoag Read More

Hoag Cancer Center May was Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, but with summer finally here and an increase in sun exposure, melanoma is still top of mind, especially at Hoag Hospital which has launched innovative technology that will revolutionize early detection and prevention for this highly prevalent diagnosis. Hoag Read More

Hoag Hospital Earns National Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Program

Hoag Drs. Adrian Dobrowolsky and Katherine Blevins Hoag Hospital’s Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Program within its Digestive Health Institute has earned accreditation as a Comprehensive Center from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). A joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Read More

Newport Beach City Manager Update: Balboa Peninsula Safety, Heal the Bay Report Card

Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City has begun deploying additional police and parking control officers to the Oceanfront Boardwalk under a new program to enhance public safety in some of the Balboa Peninsula’s busiest areas. The new “Boardwalk and Quality of Read More