Art come to life with people posed in a live version of “Monday at the Crab Cooker” by Bradford Salamon By Zoe Luczaj | NB Indy Arts Columnist Between illusion and magic, art breathes at the Pageant of the Masters. Held every night from July 5 to August 29 in Read More
Megan Fudge and Jill Braverman won the Women’s Pro Doubles. The world’s first and world’s best pickleball tour brought the fireworks on Fourth of July weekend as the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) hosted a capacity crowd for five thrilling Championship Sunday matches at the 2025 Zimmer Biomet APP Newport Read More
John Miller and Marica Pendjer (Past chairs of the event, John is a Pink Tie Partner and Marica is an OC Susan G. Komen Board Member). Photography by John Watkins The Susan G. Komen Orange County Pink Tie Party raised more than $475,000 in support of breast cancer research, patient Read More
Festival of Chefs 2024. Photo by Chris Trela Talented chefs from throughout Orange County including Newport Beach, along with other popular food service providers plus wine and libation sponsors, are set to participate in the 2025 edition of the Annual Festival of Chefs on Sunday, July 27 on the spacious Read More
Pacific Symphony musicians are well versed in classical music, and many of them play on motion picture soundtracks, which may be why they seem to love the pops and summer concerts that frequently dive into music from the movies. Sometimes the Pacific Symphony goes a step further and hosts evenings Read More
Diane Dixon Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) presented Assembly Bill 349 in the Senate Human Services Committee on June 30. The bill passed with unanimous support. “This is my third year authoring a bill to add the infant supplemental payment to California Necessities Index,” said Assemblymember Dixon. “It is a Read More
After a 30-year career in local government, Newport Beach City Manager Grace K. Leung has announced that she plans to retire in late December 2025. Leung has served as Newport Beach’s city manager since September 2018, guiding the City of Newport Beach through a period of fiscal stability, strategic infrastructure Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager During the past few months, the Newport Beach Police Department has made Oceanfront Boardwalk safety a top priority in response to concerns about unsafe behavior, and violations of speed limits and other boardwalk regulations. Under the direction Read More
2023 Flight of Newport. Photo by Jim Collins Newport Harbor is filled with boats of all sizes on sunny summer weekends, but on Sunday, July 13, you’ll see even more sailboats than usual when the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce (with assistance from the Balboa Yacht Read More
Raccoonbot Suspended above Los Trancos Creek on a cable line and powered by the sun, RaccoonBot, a solar-powered, bio-inspired robot, has officially arrived at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach. This innovative technology is the product of a collaboration between Crystal Cove Conservancy and UC Irvine’s Robot Ecology Lab, Read More
