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Annual Newport Beach wooden Boat Festival Returns to Balboa Yacht Club June 7-8

The 8th Annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival will return to the Balboa Yacht Club, June 7 – 8, 2024 with more than 40 wooden vessels of all sizes on display, and a collection of master artisans and craftsmen at work. This year’s festival theme is “The Art & Craft...

Volunteer to Volunteer: A Path to Personal Enrichment

The greatest gift granted to humankind is time. To that end, many hundreds of Newport residents, from altruistic teenagers to the most senior of senior citizens, gift their time by volunteering with dozens of charities, nonprofits, and other civic entities with the selfless goal of bettering society at large. For those...

Newport Beach Resident is a Tailor-Made Volunteer for Working Wardrobes

At some point in life, you’ll need help. It might be solving your first math problem, adjusting to the psychological uncertainties of early teen hood, or coping with the extremes of acute unemployment, homelessness, and food insecurity. Among the many Orange County nonprofits devoted to helping the temporarily down- and-out...

Summer Camp Signups in Newport Beach

For locals and visitors, Newport Beach is nature’s classroom, offering an amazing array of experiences to stimulate children during the summer months. From catching their first wave to learning how to cook, Newport Beach offers the best summer camps to kids who love to learn and play under the...

Letter to the Editor: Nikki Haley Represents a New Generation of American Leaders

As a child, I was inspired by John F. Kennedy.  As a young adult, I was privileged to know and to work in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Recently we welcomed Ambassador Nikki Haley to Orange County, and I saw once again the potential of an inspirational leader who...

Sherman Library & Gardens Announces 2024 Spring Plant and Flower Shows

Sherman Library & Gardens has announced three Spring plant and flower shows in partnership with local plant societies. The public is invited to view wonderful plants and blooms, learn from plant specialists, and buy locally grown plants. Shows include an exhibit, sale, family activities, lectures, and other programming. The shows...

Sherman Library & Gardens Unveils New Visitor Center

Visitors to Sherman Library & Gardens are always greeted warmly and with a smile, but now visitors will get the VIP treatment thanks to The Sherman’s new Visitor Service Center. Located inside the reimagined Garden Shop, full-service Visitor Service Center is staffed by helpful and friendly volunteers who are knowledgeable...

Op/Ed by Lauren Kleiman: Prop 1 Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Most Californians are unaware that sober living, detox, social rehabilitation and mental health treatment facilities are allowed to operate in any residential neighborhood throughout the State. Some may be aware that these group homes exist but assume they could never come to a neighborhood like theirs – until one...

Women of Chapman’s Annual ‘Christmas at The Ritz’ Fundraiser Chaired by Newport Local Nets $300,000 for Chapman University

Women of Chapman, a 53-year-old Chapman University support group, celebrated the 37th anniversary of its famed “Christmas at The Ritz” holiday luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Why Christmas at the Ritz? The group originally held its annual event at the Ritz Restaurant, a beloved...

Girls Inc. of OC Adds Newport Residents to Board of Directors

Girls Inc. of Orange County, the Santa Ana-based affiliate of the national nonprofit committed to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, has added three distinguished members to its Board of Directors: Rick Matros of Newport Coast, Rajesh Luhar of Corona del Mar, and Anh Tran of...