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Ahoy! “Wear It!” That’s the nationwide theme that the National Safe Boating Council is using for this year’s Safe Boating Week, tomorrow through May 25. The council is trying to educate boaters that it is not enough to just have a few lifejackets stuffed in a locker onboard the...

I know this is controversial, and that many of you roll your eyes whenever I bring this up. And I get your side – really. You want to be accessible to our children, cultivating an open forum for free dialogue as a proactive disciplining measure – if we’re “pals” with our...

The game was simple but, as I could tell, incredibly fun. My dog, Rocky, had just been tagged and now was chasing his German shepherd friend, Nikki, around the backyard. Rocky’s doghouse stood sentry at the back of my house and was clearly a tag-free zone, because Nikki dashed...

Can you survive the chopping block?  This is the question chefs must ponder as they compete on Ted Allen’s Food Network show, “Chopped.”  On Friday, May 25, at noon, Williams-Sonoma South Coast Plaza will offer Allen’s fans a chance to meet the icon, and see if they think his new...

One of Newport Beach’s most famous landmarks is The Wedge – a place where, when the conditions are right, monster surf pounds the shore and bodysurfers and surfers alike take on everything Mother Nature can throw at them. Close by is another Newport landmark, the Newport...

This is the third in a series of columns about the candidates running for the 74th Assembly District. In the first two, we met Leslie Daigle and Bob Rush. Next week I’ll offer my reflections on the three candidates and my opinions on the needs of the 74th. Allan Mansoor, a...

Tonight marks the opening of “Jitney,” South Coast Repertory’s final production before going dark for the summer.  If you haven’t yet gotten your theater fix this season, don’t fret – they are going out on top with this one. “Jitney” is one of late playwright Augu...

Charitable readers can now pick up a good book and support a local charity, all in one fell swoop. Knots of Love, a local non-profit organization that distributes free, handmade caps to chemotherapy centers throughout North America, has partnered with author T.B. Smith, in an...

By finishing eighth overall at last week’s 49er World Championships, local Newport sailor Alexander “Zander” Kirkland, along his brother Jesse, qualified to represent their home country, Bermuda, in the 49er class at the 2012 Olympics. The 49er Worlds were held May 5-13 in Zadar,...

Hundreds of people stopped to smell the roses at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar over the weekend, at their 18th Annual Amateur Rose Show on Saturday. There were 168 rose entries from 42 different exhibitors, including Newport Beach resident Nancy Rodman and her twin daughters,...