Newport Beach based Decorative Arts Society (DARTS) has awarded $800,000 to 15 grant recipients for the 2026-27 year. This is a record year of giving for DARTS, which has granted over $5.5 million over the past 31 years to Orange County non-profit organizations that provide critical services to women, children, Read More
Beyond Blindness, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit working to empower children with visual impairments and other disabilities to reach their fullest potential, raised more than $325,000 at its 9th annual Vision Beyond Sight Celebration on Saturday, April 18. The celebration welcomed 200 guests and marked the first time the nonprofit hosted Read More
A festival is defined as a scheduled public event that brings people together around a shared theme, usually in a specific place, for a defined period longer than a single performance. For a local definition of a festival, look no further than Newport Beach, which becomes Southern California’s “Festival Capital” Read More
Happy Birthday to Newport Beach! Newport Beach has its 120th birthday in September 2026. The story of the city’s first 100 years has been told, but what about the last 20 years? The Newport Beach Historical Society has the answer. The organization recruited four former mayors – Ed Selich, Nancy Read More
Growing up in Huntington Beach and later Newport Beach, there were four classic movie theaters (call them art houses) my friends and I frequented where nostalgia met Hollywood: Surf Theater in Huntington Beach, Balboa Theater near the Balboa Fun Zone, Port Theater in Corona del Mar, and Lido Theater near Read More
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CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) — NEWS: The Glancy Wine Education Foundation (GWEF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing diversity in the wine industry through scholarships for underserved professionals, today released its 2026 Impact Report. The report details the Foundation’s cumulative work since its 2020 founding and introduces newly compiled Read More
Thursday, May 7, 2026 The City of Irvine invites community members of all ages to explore the essential services that keep the City running at the 2026 Public Works Week Celebration. The free event will take place Thursday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Great Park Read More
CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (LA VERNE, Calif.) — NEWS: Hillcrest, a senior living community in La Verne, CA (Los Angeles County), is expanding and connecting its campus with the addition of the Gateway Project. The project includes a walkway connecting its east and west campuses, a new neighborhood of single-family homes, and Read More
CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (TORRANCE, Calif.) — NEWS: DocMagic, Inc. has announced that it received two new certifications from MISMO, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization. MISMO’s eVault System Certification covers SmartSAFE, DocMagic’s core eVault for managing eNote workflows and MERS eRegistry activity, and SmartSAFE XL, an API-first eVault designed for enterprise Read More
