Newport Beach News

During Hoag Hospital’s annual Nurses’ Day celebration in Newport Beach on Thursday, May 2, Sarah Turecek, MSN, RN, PCCN, was named the Hoag Nurse of the Year for 2024. Sarah is a Sub-ICU nurse on Hoag’s 10 West floor serving high acuity patients. According to information provided by Hoag, Turecek was...

Team Hoag is coming out strong with more than 300 employees ready to participate in the Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival taking place May 3-5. In Hoag’s first year as title sponsor, the support from physicians, nurses, leadership and staff underscores the organization's commitment to community health. “We are proud to...

After an extensive search, Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Ma has welcomed a new Director of Philanthropy: Alexandra Anderson. In her role as Director of Philanthropy, Anderson will help further the organization’s culture of philanthropy and invite the community to support Newport Beach's world class cultural center. Her primary...

By Miki Akil | Special to the NB Indy Small changes can make a big impact. Shaurya Mittal, 15, a sophomore at Sage Hill School, kept that in mind when he founded Eco Innovators, a club on the Newport Beach campus that focuses on environmental issues, sustainability, and green technology. He started...

Some of the residents at Atria Senior Living in Newport Beach remember having stood in long theater lines to buy tickets to such 1930’s A-list films as “Little Women,” “David Copperfield,” “Les Miserable,” “Show Boat,” and “Marie Antoinette,” starring such Tinseltown legends as Norma Shearer Betty Davis, Claudette Colbert,...

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,...

VEA Newport Beach has become known as a luxe resort and spa destination that overlooks the Newport Beach Country Club and coastline beyond, but the resort also offers health and wellness activities that are open to resort guests and the public. Here’s a sample: Saturday, 4/13: Boxhaus x VEA Newport Beach Join...