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Newport Beach Fire Department firefighters responded to a hazardous materials spill at a local high school this week, authorities reported in a press release. NBFD, along with a few other local agencies, responded to the call at Sage Hill School on Monday at 9:40 a.m. “Upon...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the Newport Beach Independent during 2018. This week, January through June. Next week will cover the top news stories of the second half of the year. (click on the text to see original story)...

Some local students are learning what it takes to give a great speech after their teacher was selected for an instructive national program. Lindsey Charron, a history and leadership teacher at Ensign Intermediate School, was selected to return during the 2018-2019 school year for...

The Newport Harbor High School Alumni Association welcomes two new members onto their Executive Board, the group announced in a press release this week. By a unanimous vote, Alan Gaddis (Class of 1980) will now serve as president, and Robin (Guzik) Sinclair (Class of 1974) will...

Four people were injured Monday in a single-vehicle traffic collision on University Drive, near MacArthur Boulevard, according to authorities.   Newport Beach fire and police were dispatched to the collision near University of California, Irvine, at 6:39 a.m., officials explained...

A Newport Coast campus transformed into a global village over the weekend, celebrating diversity with food, entertainment and activities from around the world. Sage Hill School hosted the 17th Annual Multicultural Fair on Saturday, bringing in hundreds of attendees from across...

Tempers flared during a Newport-Mesa Unified School District meeting this week as a group of outspoken Corona del Mar residents voiced their concerns and opposition to proposed sports field improvements at Corona del Mar High School. Though it was designed to be an informational...

The Newport-Mesa Unified School District warned parents and community members about a mobile app that has become an avenue for cyber-bullying, harassment, violence and other issues, officials noted in a message this week. The “problematic” app, called Ogle, is designed and...

A few feathered friends visited a group of first graders at Harbor Day School last week. The Traveling Scientist from Inside the Outdoors, a self-supporting environmental program administrated by the Orange County Department of Education, came to the Corona del Mar campus on...

By Elizabeth Greenberg | NB Indy Working throughout the school year, show time finally approached a group of dedicated students at Sage Hill School. The Hot Box Studio on the Newport Coast campus reached full capacity Friday night for a TEDx talk hosted by TEDxSage. Students,...

  Newport Beach is not exactly a hotbed for mariachi music—or is it? Teresa and Jose Hernandez spent a week’s vacation in a rented home on Lido Isle back in 1997, and loved it so much they moved here permanently soon after and brought mariachi music with them, thanks to...

A new parking lot and carpool queuing area was unveiled last week at a Corona del Mar campus. Harbor Day School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 7 to commemorate the new space. “The newly created carpool queuing area will allow us to reduce our impact on the neighborhood,”...

Newport Harbor High School drama students will make a classic comic strip come to life on stage next week through their production “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown: The Broadway Musical.” The show is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his...

Sage Hill School welcomed the world to its Newport Coast campus last month during the school’s 14th Annual Multicultural Fair. The quad was full of smells, sights and sounds from around the globe on March 21 as hundreds of visitors from across Southern California experienced the...

History Fun at Harbor Day Students from across Southern California gathered at Harbor Day School in Corona del Mar Monday for the regional round of the National History Bee. For the second year in a row, HDS sixth grader Jean Marie Wanlass earned a spot in the finals.  ...

Every year, St. Mary’s School – an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School dedicated to inquiry-based academic excellence and based in Aliso Viejo – presents a Legacy Leadership Award that honors a St. Mary’s eighth grade student who demonstrates superior leadership skill,...

About 500 local kids worked up a sweat while raising funds for their school last week. Students at Newport Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Jog-A-Thon on Nov. 14. The event was held at the Balboa Peninsula campus and benefited the Newport Elementary School...

Five years ago, an OC-based company called Grow Green Industries, Inc, introduced a line of fruit and vegetable wash and wipes called Eat Cleaner that removes pesticides, waxes and surface debris that can carry bacteria from commercially and organically grown produce. It also...

Sage Hill School kicked off the year with a special celebration Monday. Following the school’s traditional welcoming convocation ceremony, officials held a ribbon cutting event for the high school’s new $8 million science center. “It’s a great way to start the year,” said Head of...

A group of about 50 elementary and middle school students were buzzing about history at a Corona del Mar campus this week. The Los Angeles Regional Championship of the National History Bee was held Monday at Harbor Day School. It was great to see the kids thrive, said HDS history...