Newport Beach News

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...

The City of Newport Beach is now accepting applications from organizations that provide community programs available to Newport Beach residents, and from qualified event organizers seeking financial support for Newport Beach-based events. To qualify for the special events grant, the events must take place between July 1, 2024 and June...

Sherman Library & Gardens is hosting an evening lecture with Nelson Coates, top production designer for cinema and television, on Tuesday, April 165 at 7 p.m. Find out what's involved in creating the set design for TV shows such as The Morning Show, the feature film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's...

The 34th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show is a four-day garden event held April 25-28 in South Coast Plaza’s Crate & Barrel/Macy’s Home Store wings. Discover dozens of unique plant and garden vendors for your spring gardening needs and explore eight inspiring one-of-a-kind outdoor living spaces designed by top...