Alec Glasser, founder of The Drake Restaurant in Laguna Beach Native New Yorker Alec Glasser, founder of The Drake Restaurant in Laguna Beach, became passionate about music while attending public school programs in Queens. He learned to play saxophone, clarinet and flute, and even played gigs with teen bands at Read More
OC Marathon / photo by Jim Collins More than 20,000 runners competed in the 2023 OC Marathon on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7. Nearly 30,000 spectators cheered on the runners as they made their way from Newport Center through the streets of Newport Beach and eventually to the Read More
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Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City of Newport Beach’s proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 will be presented to a special joint meeting of the City Council and Finance Committee at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, in the Council Read More
Share this: Today’s Hope is Here quote of the week, courtesy of On Faith writer Cindy Christeson: “There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.” — William Law Share this: Previous articleOn the Agenda for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting on May Read More
Jordan Otterbein and Joseph “McG” Nichol, River Jetty Restaurant Group partners. / Photo courtesy of River Jetty Restaurant Group. River Jetty Restaurant Group partners Joseph ‘McG’ Nichol and Jordan Otterbein have earned an A—for their trio of Newport Beach restaurants with the moniker A (A Restaurant, A Market, and A Read More
Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, May 23. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://www.newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/71668/72. A special joint meeting of the City Council and Finance Committee will begin at 4 p.m.: Read More
The Newport Beach Police Department reminds everyone taking a trip to visit friends or family over the Memorial Day Weekend to always buckle up and keep children in child safety seats. This year’s Click It or Ticket campaign is from May 22 to June 4. During this time, the Newport Read More
Balboa Island Artwalk / file photo by Chris Trela The Balboa Island Artwalk is back and promises to be bigger than ever, with more than a mile of art along with live music. Held this year on Sunday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Balboa Island Artwalk Read More
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard facility near the Balboa Pier.— Art courtesy city of NBJG The opening of the highly anticipated Junior Lifeguard Building in Newport Beach will be delayed by several months after City project managers determined that the building’s concrete walls do not Read More
