City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, has announced that Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera will perform at its “Promises of Hope” fundraiser Sept. 14 at Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach. The event is being chaired by Read More
Newport Beach-based Tias Arms presents an afternoon of Jazz for the Children on Sunday, Aug. 18 at Campus Jax, 3950 Campus Dr. in Newport Beach from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will be “hittin’ all the right notes” while raising funds for the children of South Africa. Tickets are Read More
Employees of Johnson & Johnson MedTech at their Newport Beach cleanup during the company’s Week of Caring Every year, Johnson & Johnson MedTech hosts a Week of Caring, with more than 600 employees participating in diverse volunteer activities with various local charities that totaled 1,235 hours of volunteer service. One Read More
Kristin McKay and her son, Charlie, aboard the outrigger canoe. Photo by Chris Trela By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy On August 1, the Newport Aquatic Center welcomed Beyond Blindness, a nonprofit in Santa Ana providing support for visually impaired children and their families, to their facility Read More
(from L) Nolan Almeida as Peter Pan, Cody Garcia as Captain Hook, Hawa Kamara as Wendy and the cast of Peter Pan. Photo: Matthew Murphy By Jasmine Jenkins | Special to the NB Indy The National Tour of Peter Pan flew into Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa Read More
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
