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Annual Newport Beach wooden Boat Festival Returns to Balboa Yacht Club June 7-8

The 8th Annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival will return to the Balboa Yacht Club, June 7 – 8, 2024 with more than 40 wooden vessels of all sizes on display, and a collection of master artisans and craftsmen at work. This year’s festival theme is “The Art & Craft...

Newport’s Land Use Element is the Hot Topic at the Speak Up Newport Meeting March 19

Where will the City of Newport Beach place the 4,845 new Housing Units mandated by the State? The city is currently amending the City’s Land Use Element, adding a Housing Overlay Zoning District citywide, and adopting new design standards to provide for the new housing units. How will the city do...

On the Agenda: March 12 Newport Beach City Council Meeting

The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, March 12. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/73677/72. A study session will begin at 4 p.m.: Capital Improvement Program (CIP) early look. Staff will present projects and funding proposed for the FY 2024-25...

Newport Beach City Arts Commission Meeting Agenda for March 14

The Newport Beach City Arts Commission is scheduled to meet on Thursday, March 14 at 5 p.m. in the Newport Beach City Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive. The City Arts Commission Members are Maureen Flanagan, Chair; Leonard Simon, Vice Chair; Barbara George, Secretary; John Blom, Commissioner; Melissa Kandel,...

Residential Burglaries in Pelican Ridge and Broadmoor Sea View Communities

According to the Newport Beach Police Department, residential burglaries recently occurred on Kingsport Drive in the Pelican Ridge community and on Yacht Colinia in the Broadmoor Sea View community. Sometime between February 28 and March 6 in the Pelican Ridge community while the victim was away, an unknown suspect accessed...

Voting Ends March 11 for Phase IX of Newport Beach Civic Center Park Sculpture Exhibition

Only a few days are left to vote for your choice of artworks to be on public display for two years in Phase IX of the ongoing Invitational Sculpture Exhibition at Civic Center Park. Ater reviewing all submitted works for eligibility, artistic merit, durability, safety, and other factors, the jury...

Visit Newport Beach Makes History with Post-Super Bowl Drone Light Show

The Kansas City Chiefs may have won this year’s Super Bowl, but Visit Newport Beach scored big with the first-ever 1,000 drone light show extravaganza (the largest drone show to-date in the U.S.) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas following the big game on February 11. According to Visit Newport...

Vote for Your Favorite Artwork in the Newport Beach Civic Center Park Sculpture Exhibition

The City of Newport Beach is seeking up to 10 artworks to display for two years in the heart of Newport Beach in Civic Center Park for Phase IX of its ongoing Invitational Sculpture Exhibition. Submissions are now complete for this phase, and, after reviewing all submitted works for eligibility,...

Newport Beach City Manager Update: Lecture Hall Ceremony, Mobile Cafe

By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager The City of Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation hosted a ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 27 to kick off construction of a new lecture hall adjacent to the Central Library at 1000 Avocado Ave. Members of the Newport Beach City Council,...

Op/Ed: Look For The Helpers

By Will O'Neill, Newport Beach Mayor Newport Beach remains a vibrant American Riviera mixed with community hospitality.  Our coastal beauty, wide array of locally owned shops and restaurants, strong schools, clean environment, and world-class public safety has ensured that our little city endures as a desirable place to live, work,...