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Meals on Wheels OC Announces New President and CEO

Meals on Wheels Orange County’s Board of Directors has named Madelynn Hirneise as its incoming President and Chief Executive Officer. She will officially join the organization on May 27, 2026, coinciding with current CEO Holly Hagler’s planned retirement after more than 15 years of extraordinary leadership. Madelynn comes to Meals on Wheels Read More

Local Boys & Girls Club Raises $74K at Women of Greatness Brunch at Lido House in Newport Beach

Mentors, business leaders, and community champions of Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast (which includes Newport Beach) gathered at the 9th annual Women of Greatness Brunch & Bubbly to honor the women who have positively impacted the lives of Orange County youth and their families. Held on March Read More

Orange County Margarita Crawl Comes to Newport Beach April 12 – 18

How do you like your margarita? Maybe with tequila, Cointreau and a salt rim? How about tequila, triple sec and agave? Or maybe tequila with fruit and muddled jalapeno?  However you lime them, you’re bound to find a winner during the Orange County Margarita Crawl April 12-18. Presented by Casa Read More

Celebrate the Poetry of Spring at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar

Can plants and flowers tell a story? They can if they are at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar. This spring, Roger’s Gardens is launching an immersive, sensory experience where nature, beauty, and storytelling come to life. Dubbed “The Poetry of Spring,” this experience professes to be a living, breathing Read More

New Directions for Women Presents Annual Circle of Life Brunch at Balboa Bay Resort May 7

New Directions for Women will hold its 18th annual Circle of Life Brunch on Thursday, May 7 at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach. The event will raise vital funds for addiction treatment while bringing the community together to celebrate recovery. Since, 1977 the Costa Mesa-based nonprofit has transformed Read More

Dredging Newport Harbor Is Barging Ahead Full Steam

Look now, because it may be decades before Newport residents, boaters and visitors will ever again see a major dredging operation in Newport Harbor. That is the prognostication of Public Works Manager Chris Miller, who’s in charge of all harbor-related capital projects and improvements, and who is overseeing the dredging Read More

The Mortgage Collaborative expands its 2026 national spring conference presence, invites lenders to connect

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) — NEWS The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation’s largest independent cooperative network for mortgage lenders, will engage with members and industry partners across a series of key mortgage conferences and events nationwide throughout the second quarter. Through both large-scale industry events and more targeted, peer-driven Read More

MOSIP Certifies SecuGen Unity 20 MOSIP Biometric Fingerprint Device

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (SANTA CLARA, Calif.) — NEWS SecuGen Corporation, a leading provider of advanced fingerprint biometric technology, today announced that its Unity 20 MOSIP fingerprint authentication device has been certified and officially listed on the MOSIP Marketplace, confirming compliance with Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) SBI 2.0 L1 specifications. Read More