Nearly 200 sailboats will leave Newport Beach and make the 125-mile trek to Ensenada, Mexico when the annual Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race gets underway Friday, April 26 at 11 a.m. off the Balboa Pier. Dubbed the “world’s largest international yacht race,” the boats (and crews)...

Celebrating nearly half a century as the West Coast’s premier destination for cruisers and yachts, the Newport Boat Show returns to Lido Marina Village, 3424 Via Oporto, April 25-28. The in-water show is set against the picturesque Lido Marina Village, the reimagined seaside...

Ron Salisbury owns The Cannery Restaurant in Newport Beach as well as the Corona del Mar location of El Cholo, among others. Piero Selvaggio owned the famed Valentino restaurant in Santa Monica for 46 years before closing it last December. These culinary legends have launched a...

Newport Harbor users are likely to see them out on the water, decked out in blue jackets and caps, driving a low-wake catamaran coach patrol boat inscribed with the word “Harbormaster” in all caps, possibly scooping trash out of the water,...

Trash was the topic on the table during a recent community discussion, specifically organic waste collection and how the city can comply with some upcoming changes to the law. About 70 people attended the meeting, held April 11 in the community...

Newport Beach Fire Department firefighters responded to a hazardous materials spill at a local high school this week, authorities reported in a press release. NBFD, along with a few other local agencies, responded to the call at Sage Hill School...

Alzheimer’s Orange County is one of those organizations that you often don’t hear about until you need them. In Orange County, more than 84,000 people are affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementia. They need Alzheimer’s Orange County, which...

Newport Beach Police Department sent out an alert Wednesday about reports from community members who received calls from an individual claiming to work for NBPD. “After calling the police department directly, the community members discover that...

On March 30, Newport Beach officials discovered an unauthorized trail cut into the southern canyon face of Buck Gully Reserve, nearest the Poppy Avenue trailhead. City officials took “immediate action to secure the unauthorized trail and...

On March 29, the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce held the 48th Annual Police Appreciation Breakfast at Hyatt Regency John Wayne Airport in honor of the brave men and women of the Newport Beach Police Department. This event featured special...

Opening night of the Newport Beach Film Festival is always a dazzling affair, with a red carpet in front of Edwards Big Newport theater with filmmakers and actors, VIP speeches, the opening night film premiere, and of course the gala after-party...

Newport Beach Police Department shared an alert on Tuesday about an auto theft and residential burglary that happened last week in Eastbluff. The crime occurred in the 2500 block of Bunya St., between 4 p.m. on April 2 and 6:30 a.m. on April 3....

An item about forming an ad hoc committee about election reform sparked some debate at the Newport Beach City Council meeting this week, not about its subject of study, but about who should take part in the group. Councilman Jeff Herdman pulled...

The Broadway musical “Cats” has had at least nine lives since it opened at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre in 1982. Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” (which never made its way on ...

  Easter is a few days away, which means this is the perfect time to make a reservation for Easter brunch—or dinner. A basketful of Newport Beach restaurants are serving Easter brunch. Some are buffet-style, with more goodies than a dozen...

The 20th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs April 25 – May 2, has announced its 2019 Art, Architecture + Design (AA+D) Film Series, an international showcase of films celebrating art, architecture, design, modernism, photography,...

Ideas can be powerful things. Just ask the Newport Beach Film Festival. The theme for the 20th anniversary Film Festival that runs April 25 – May 2 is “The Power of Ideas.” That’s also the theme of the 2019 festival trailer, which will be shown...

A lot of opinions, ideas, and concerns were shared by boaters, marine-related business owners, and mooring permitees during the first public forum for the Newport Beach Title 17 Harbor Code review this week. As part of their ongoing effort to...