Category: Orange County News

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center has announced that its MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Program recently performed its 100th patient case. MRgFUS is an FDA-approved incisionless treatment for dominant hand tremor in people with essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The treatment uses focused ultrasound guided by magnetic resonance imaging Read More

Vanilla wafer cookies, often called nilla cookies, are a friend to dessert cooks. These plain, delicious cookies are a key ingredient in banana pudding, and they also can be crushed and used to make pie crusts. Some people also may have seen the cookies used as the base for cheesecake Read More

We are fortunate in Newport Beach to have a slate of excellent candidates campaigning for City Council seats this November. For what it is worth, I would like to share my thoughts on some of the candidates. DISTRICT 1: Having known and been a close friend of Joe Stapleton for Read More

Balboa Bay Resort’s A+O Restaurant is going to the dogs this month, but that’s a good thing! On Monday, Oct. 31, the Resort is hosting its inaugural Howl-o-Ween event at its waterfront restaurant, A+O Restaurant | Bar. All day long, restaurant guests may to dine with their costume-clad pups to Read More

Joe Stapleton is what it means to be a “citizen.” He is an earnest volunteer, a servant, a dedicated leader, and someone I first served with on the charter commission many years ago. We have stayed in close touch over the years and I know him to be a selfless Read More

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The voter registration deadline for the November 8 General Election is Monday, October 24. You can register to vote in Orange County online at this link: https://ocvote.gov/registration/register-to-vote. If you want to check your registration status, or if you need to make Read More

On September 21, the Newport Beach-based Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) hosted Igniting Potential, a collaborative online Giving Day to support Orange County youth. OCCF announced that 873 donors contributed $513,566 to participating nonprofits in support of their vital missions to offset the inequitable effects of the pandemic. A recently Read More

Seven day local weather forecast for October 23 through October 29. Details for seven day local weather forecast for October 23 through October 29 Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a Read More

On September 21, the Newport Beach-based Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) hosted Igniting Potential, a collaborative online Giving Day to support Orange County youth. OCCF announced that 873 donors contributed $513,566 to participating nonprofits in support of their vital missions to offset the inequitable effects of the pandemic. A recently Read More

By Simone Goldstone, NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist Okay, maybe underground punk never really died, but Funerol might put some lesser bands in an early grave. Funerol is an apt name for the indie punk band that explores the precarious line of when good times turn bad. The group conjures images Read More