Category: Orange County News

Decorative Arts Society of Newport Beach Awards $376K in Grants to 14 Nonprofit Organizations

Edie Denning and Madeline Hayward of DARTS flank the group’s 2023-24 grant recipients Newport Beach-based Decorative Arts Society (DARTS) has awarded $376,000 in grants to 14 local community non-profit agencies, all of which provide critical services to Orange County women, children, and families in need. DARTS has given over $4 Read More

On the Agenda for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting on June 13

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, June 13. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://www.newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71688/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include: The County of Orange Public Read More

Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter Named a California Nonprofit of the Year

: Newport Beach Council Member Robyn Grant, Assemblymember Diane Dixon, FONBAS President Jon Langford The Newport Beach Animal Shelter had its official ribbon cutting ceremony on May 25, but the honors and accolades have just begun. Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter (FONBAS) has officially been awarded one of California’s Read More

Laguna Playhouse’s ‘Murder on the Links’ is a Complex, Delicious Theatrical Confection

(Left to Right) Jessica Mosher, Matthew Salazar-Thompson, Kim Morgan Dean, Omri Schein, Brian Mackey and Jennifer Erdmann star in the Laguna Playhouse production of “Murder on the Links.” By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Agatha Christie’s novel “The Murder on the Links,” which has its centennial this Read More