Newport Beach News

By Grace Leung., Newport Beach City Manager This week I would like to congratulate the City's Community Development Department, which continues to maintain and improve customer service levels at the Permit Center even as demand has substantially increased. According to November 2023 customer satisfaction surveys, Permit Center staff improved in both...

“Twas the week before Christmas and throughout the harbor, Sailboats and motor yachts plowed through the water. They all were aglow with thousands of lights, Must be the five Christmas Boat Parade nights!” Yes, the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade returns to Newport Harbor December 13-17. Hosted by The Commodores Club of the...

The Newport Beach Police Department offers Vacation Checks as a free service to residents of Newport Beach. During your absence, as time permits, NBPD volunteers will come to your home and perform a perimeter check of all doors and windows. To request this service, you may call (949) 644-3717 or...

A critical and long-awaited project to replenish beach sand along 12 miles of Orange County coastline -- including Newport Beach's – began on Monday, November 27. The project is being led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Crews will dredge about 1.2 million cubic yards of sand about two...

The City of Newport Beach will continue is longstanding partnership with Operation Christmas this holiday season to collect gift donations for the families of military service members. Residents are invited to bring unwrapped toys, sporting equipment and DVDs to City of Newport Beach facilities during regular business hours through Wednesday,...

This year marks a milestone for Sherman Library & Gardens as two dynamic and deserving students were presented with full scholarships upon the 20th anniversary of the Arnold D. Haskell Scholarship. Named in honor of the founder of Sherman Library & Gardens, this scholarship was established as a way to...

Speak Up Newport (SUN) has set a date of February 29, 2024 for the annual Speak Up Newport Mayor’s Dinner, to be held at VEA Newport Beach. The evening promises to be a celebration of civic leadership, with a special focus on honoring the newly elected 2024 Newport Beach Mayor...

By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager For the 18th year, the City of Newport Beach is partnering with Operation Christmas to collect toys, DVDs, sporting equipment and other gift donations to support military service members and their families. Pease consider donating an unwrapped gift to Operation Christmas at City facilities...

Dozens of creative floats of all shapes and sizes will glide down Colorado Avenue in Pasadena on January 1 as part of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Countless volunteer hours go into decorating the floats, which are covered with thousands of flowers, including roses. According to news sources, one...

Other than earplugs for when your mother-in-law invites herself to spend the summer at your house, the wheel with axle arguably is the greatest singular invention in the history of humankind. The earliest wheel, it is surmised by archeologists, revolved first as a pottery wheel in Mesopotamia about 5,500 years...