Category: Orange County News

Newport Beach Community Celebrates Junior Lifeguard Building Grand Opening

Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill (center) and members of the Newport Beach City Council at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Junior Lifeguard building. Hundreds of community members joined Newport Beach City officials on Wednesday, June 12 at a ribbon-cutting celebration and open house for the new Junior Lifeguard Building at Read More

On the Agenda: June 11 City Council Meeting

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, June 11. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/73671/72. The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Agenda items include: A $218,000 contract with Dudek, Read More

Sherman Library & Gardens Hosts Evening Lecture on June 11: The Glory Days of Corona del Mar

Corona del Mar was once California’s premier surfing spot, holding the sport’s first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona del Mar and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for watercraft drastically altered board riding, destroying the great wave-making machine and creating the surf giant of Read More

‘Holmes and Watson’ at Laguna Playhouse is Awash in Enjoyable Red Herrings

Matt Koenig, Matthew Floyd Miller, Mike Peebler, Alice Sherman, Christopher M. Williams, Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper and Richard Baird star in the Laguna Playhouse production of “Holmes & Watson.” By Eric Marchese | Special to the NB Indy Were the peerless detective Sherlock Holmes to meet his demise, who would plumb the Read More