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  Once known as ‘India’s Pearl’ because of its natural beauty, Sri Lanka is now called ‘India’s Teardrop’ because of its devastation. Sri Lanka, a small island country off the southwest coast of India, is home to 21 million people who have endured overwhelming hardships,...

  By Brian Lichterman | NB Indy   Last week, Newport Beach residents Randall Hause (age 17), Daniel Segerblom (age 15), and Sean Segerblom (age 12) had a fishing experience that will last them a lifetime. The three boys wrestled with an enormous 143-pound opah fish off...

  When I was a kid, my favorite day of the year, after Christmas and my birthday for the obvious reasons, was the day we got out of school for the summer. I grew up in a small town in northern California named Pleasanton. Back then we had about 5,000 people in town. You kind...

  CRIME LOG   8/18/10 017:25 100 block of N. Bayside Dr. at Newport Dunes Marina, vandalism, $3,000 worth of estimated damage. 8/18/10 20:12 2000 block of Santa Ana Ave., garage burglary, $1,795. 8/20/10 10:11 300 block of Placentia Ave., vandalism, $2,000. 8/20/10 14:17 200...

When I was a young girl I wanted two things: to own a pony, and to be a ballerina. Both endeavors seemed to me to have so much elegance and splendor to them, and so, like most little girls, I found them intoxicating.  I collected every imaginable horse model, my room was strewn...

    A few weeks back, we ran a list of restaurants that sadly are no longer in business, but live on in our memories as local landmarks of years gone by. This week, inspired by Chris’s and Stasha’s visit to The Galley (see page 13), we’re taking a more positive track:...

The sting of back-to-school blues is partly soothed by the small thrill of purchasing new school supplies for our kids. With this end-of-summer exercise comes the belief that annually accompanies it: This will be the most organized school year ever. A full set of markers with...

  Ever wonder what happens to the items you put into your trash can? Newport Beach has a Refuse Crew of 30 that manually collects refuse each day.  It all goes to a transfer station, where a city-contracted company, CR&R, takes it to a “materials recovery facility”...

  Too many Californians are without jobs and have been for much too long. According to US Labor Department June estimates, 2.24 million Californians are out of work, an increase of 27,600 jobless Californians compared to May. At 12.3 percent, the unemployment rate in...

  One of my favorite former Newport Beach mayors closed escrow on a Las Vegas condo last week.  He was going there so much (but only for the shows and wonderful restaurants, of course), he figured why not have a second home there? About the same time, I was wrapping up a...

  The Newport Beach Indy isn’t the only new publication in town. Surf industry veterans Skip Snead (former Editor of Surfing Magazine and creator of the surfing “Airshow”) and Joe McElroy (former VP of Global Branding of Hurley) have released the first issue of Ghetto Juice,...

    Newport Beach-based NutriPure Beverages, Inc. it is actively pursuing the acquisition of at least one bottling plant for manufacturing its upcoming line of Nu2O enhanced bottled water products and other beverage products, the company said. NutriPure has submitted a...

  By Lynn Selich | Society Editor Photos by Gina Waggoner   The community came out in force to our first Newport Beach Independent fundraising event, which took place last at The Bungalow Restaurant in Corona del Mar and featured “celebrity bartenders” including staff...

  By Lynn Selich | Society Editor   California’s newest hospital – Hoag Hospital Irvine – celebrated its grand opening recently in front of 450 distinguished guests and dignitaries including many from Newport Beach. The hospital, scheduled to open Sept. 1, will be one...

  A very special luncheon was held this week at Marche Modern restaurant hosted by South Coast Plaza, celebrating the kick-off of the world premiere of the “Reflections” project, a dance partnership between the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the Bolshoi Ballet of...

  Richard Luehrs, president and CEO of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, has been with that organization for 28 years and has seen the growth and development of Newport Beach and its business community close-up and from the inside. Today the city and its businesses are...