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  About 150 people from 25 different churches throughout Southern California chose to spend 9/11 at a dynamic one-day seminar called “Bridges,” where they learned how to reshape the way they view and respond to their Muslim neighbors.  Taught by Crescent Project founder...

  Tuesday night I went to the Newport Beach City Council meeting. It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything better to do, I just felt that it was time to re-engage and catch up with my friends at City Hall. Boy, did I pick the wrong night. Three-plus hours later the meeting...

  CRIME LOG   9/9/10 08:27 21100 block of Newport Coast Dr., petty theft, $81. 9/9/10 15:21 2200 block of Tustin Ave., attempted residential burglary, $1,000 estimated damage. 9/10/10 11:15 1200 block of Rutland Rd., grand theft from a vehicle, $1020. 9/10/10 13:23 4300...

  By Sara Hall | NB Indy Photos by Carol Tomlinson   Police arrested a Missouri murder suspect after a tracking him through the Bluffs neighborhood in Newport Beach on Monday afternoon. Mark Edward Rhodes, 43, of Missouri, was arrested just 4 p.m. Monday by Newport...

  In addition to the big shows at the Performing Arts Center or Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Newport residents have access to many small, local venues for live music. Here is a list we compiled from our collective memory and experience. Maybe you know of others – if so,...

  A new word has been added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, a testament to the dynamic nature of language and to the humans that use it. The lucky inductee is a noun, and yet another byproduct of our economy’s sharp downturn. I’m talking of course about the...

  Since the weather is still beautiful, and I am going sailing today, I thought I would sneak in an end-of-the-season column on the magnificent Newport Harbor and Bay. There is much to share, but I thought I would start with two elements. First off, Chris Miller, the harbor...

  These are Mayor Keith Curry’s extemporaneous remarks at Tuesday’s City Council meeting on a motion to accept the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission’s recommendation to name the multipurpose room at the new Oasis Center the Evelyn Hart Events Center.   Tonight...

  By Roger Bloom | NB Indy   The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to name the multipurpose room at the new Oasis Senior Center after former Mayor Evelyn Hart, rather than naming the entire center for Hart as some had urged. After the vote, which accepted the...

  At our September Parks, Beaches and Recreation Committee meeting, one item on the agenda was a recommendation to the City Council on renaming the soon-to-be-reopened Oasis Senior Center. The center has undergone a total renovation during the past 16 months and a virtually...

  For politicos, we have just entered the Holiday Season. After the summer political doldrums, Labor Day represents the First Day of Christmas, with the following weeks full of parties, fundraisers, flyers, forums, and cigar mixers.  And just like Christmas, I typically...

  So, we all know the mantra “Reduce, ReUse and Recycle.” I would like to suggest that a fourth R, the Recession, is having he biggest effect on reducing solid waste. Do you know the difference between a Recession and a Depression?  A Recession is when the light at the end...

  By Roger Bloom | NB Indy   As the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks arrives, Newport Beach’s David Paine wants folks to know all their options for observing the day, and that among those options is signing up to render service to others in memory of those who...

  Fariborz Maseeh of Newport Beach, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus, and his foundation have given MIT $24 million to expand its enrollment. The gift from Maseeh and the Massiah Foundation will allow MIT to expand the undergraduate student body to 4,500...

  Rush Hill and Ed Reno, vying for the open District 3 council seat, shared a podium for the first time Wednesday night at the Speak Up Newport candidate forum and while it was all quite civil, a few jabs were thrown. Also on hand were incumbent Leslie Daigle and challenger...

  A thousand thanks to Lynn Selich for her “spin” on the 9/11 WTC site in New York and on the controversy over the planned mosque to be built there.  I applaud the Newport Beach Indy’s publisher and its editor for their courage in letting Lynn’s...

  (Re: “City Eyes Ban on Leaf Blowers,” NBI, 9/3:) What happens to brooms? They used to use brooms and it worked fine. Using a simple broom would confine the dust and waste to a more finite area and moreover, did not pollute the environment with hydro-carbonic waste and...

  By Lynn Selich | Society Editor   Recently, 40 select guests gathered at Fleming’s Newport Beach Wine Cellar to enjoy an intimate evening dining with baseball’s legendary Cal Ripken Jr. and Bill Ripken, including a question and answer time with the Ripken brothers. It...

    By Lynn Selich  | Society Editor   Close to 250 Orangewood supporters gathered on a warm summer evening at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort for the 2010 Orange Blossom Ball, benefiting Orangewood Children’s Foundation. Foundation member Sandi Jackson was...

  By Lynn Selich | Society Editor   Since 2000, the Fire Bird Dinner has been held annually by the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s as a special event in which its leadership and staff have the great pleasure to acknowledge generous individuals and their...