Newport Beach News

The Dragon Kim Foundation selected Newport Beach students Preston Kousoulas, 17, and Evan Razmjoo,16, both attending Corona del Mar High School, as members of the Foundation’s 2024 Fellowship Class. They will receive three weekends of leadership training and hands-on guidance from mentors in the community, plus a single grant of...

Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort, in collaboration with Beyond Blindness and the OC Sheriff's Department, hosted the return of the Beyond Blindness Beeper Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For over 15 years, the Orange County-based nonprofit, dedicated to empowering children with visual impairments...

Newport Dunes is once again the site of the Orangewood Challenge which takes place on Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Newport Dunes, 1131 Back Bay Dr. The Orangewood Challenge is an exciting and fun multi-sport team-based obstacle course in which teams of four run, navigate,...

Orange County is home to hundreds of nonprofit organizations that host fundraising galas and luncheons attended by generous donors and patrons. One of the local philanthropic highlights every year is the annual Napa in Newport charity event that raises funds for Newport Beach-based CureDuchenne, an organization that has a passionate...

Laguna Playhouse held its annual gala on Sunday, March 3 wit the theme of “Oh What a Night! Celebrating Songs from Jersey Boys & The Sensational 60s.” Courter Simmons, Christopher Kale Jones, Shonn Wiley, Ryan Williams from the Broadway, Chicago and Los Angeles companies of the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys”...

Crystal Cove Conservancy is hosting a special “Cove Talk” conversation between California’s Secretary of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot and Conservancy President & CEO, Kate Wheeler on Wednesday, April 3 about issues facing California’s vast protected lands and waters including climate resilience, maintaining biodiversity, and expanding equitable access to the...

Beyond Blindness, the region’s leading provider of early intervention, education and enrichment, and family support services for children with visual impairments and other disabilities, hosted its seventh annual Vision Beyond Sight Gala on Feb. 29 at Mile Square Golf Course in Fountain Valley. With the support of more than 200...

The newest edition of KidWorks’ Women’s Pickleball for a Purpose Tournament is set to return to the pickleball courts at The Tennis Club at Newport Beach Country Club on Thursday, April 11 from 10:45 a.m. until 3 p.m. The fundraising initiative is the brainchild of KidWorks Women, a dedicated committee...

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...

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...