Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. The full agenda is available here: https://www.newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/77121/72. Agenda items include: Consideration of a $2.1 million, 5-year agreement with BRINC Drones Inc., of Seattle, Read More
Positive Beverage, a certified female-owned beverage company based in Newport Beach that offers zero sugar and zero calorie hydration and energy drinks with clean and functional ingredients, has unveiled its rebranded look, name, and renewed alignment to creating health-first beverages. Moving forward, the company’s signature line of sparkling functional drinks, Read More
Newport Beach Resident Debbie Trammell Appointed to KidWorks Board of Directors Accomplished nursing professional and community volunteer Debbie Trammell of Newport Beach has joined the volunteer Board of Directors of KidWorks, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit organization. Currently she chairs KidWorks’ annual Women’s Pickleball for a Purpose event and also mentors Read More
Cr. St.Clair and Pacific Symphony On March 29, Pacific Symphony in collaboration with Farhang Foundation presents Nowruz: The Concert—Return of the Masters, a musical celebration of the arrival of spring and the rebirth of nature at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. A symbol of renewal and unity in Iranian Read More
A locked Little Free Library in Corona del Mar The Newport Beach Public Library is on financially sound ground, but that didn’t stop a group of Chapman University students from locking up a Little Free Library on Orchid Street in Newport Beach last week to protest against library funding cuts. Read More
As a student at Chapman University, I am surprised and disheartened to hear about libraries in Orange County and across the nation having funding cut, hours reduced, and books being challenged, banned, or censored, such as the Orange libraries’ hours being reduced and Huntington Beach Library attempting to move certain Read More
Diane Dixon According to data provided by CAL Fire, 13 of the largest wildfires in California, seven of the deadliest wildfires and 15 of the most destructive in the state’s history have occurred since 2015, leading Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) to introduce AB 623 and AB 624 last week Read More
(L to R): Erin Alexander, Cameron Hutzler, Brett England, Adam Novak, John Kluve at the Palisades fire.. It wasn’t just the perfect storm—it was the perfect fire storm. The recent, all-consuming and catastrophic fires that stampeded through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas of Los Angeles in a three-week horror Read More
Pelican Hill Golf Course As African elephants face mounting threats to their survival, Angels Among Us Foundation and Over and Above Africa have partnered to present “18 For The Elephants,” a charity golf tournament at Pelican Hill Golf Club on April 10, 2025. The event exemplifies how Southern California’s conservation Read More
I just had the nicest walk. Every person I passed gave me a warm hello this afternoon. It was absolutely heartwarming, and I am not exaggerating. I have lots of experience because I take several walks a week around my neighborhood in the Heights and am disappointed that people seem Read More
