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Visitors to the 15th Annual Sage Hill Multicultural Fair on Saturday enjoyed sights, sounds, and tastes from cultures all around the world without ever leaving the Newport Coast campus. The school’s town square transformed into a global village with 16 authentic international...

Students from Newport Beach and other Orange County cities will take to the stage this weekend in a wickedly charming play at South Coast Repertory. The SCR Junior Players will perform “The Witches,” adapted by David Wood from Roald Dahl’s popular fantasy novel, in the Nicholas...

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,...

Lake Forest Man Arrested After Vehicle Chase A Lake Forest man was arrested Wednesday after leading authorities on a chase through multiple Orange County cities, including Newport Beach. Michael-Claude Jordan Salas, 23, was charged with two felony counts of evading a police...

A 7-acre site along East Coast Highway got the nod of approval land use plan amendment from the California Coastal Commission last week, paving the way to develop a proposed mixed-use project on the bay front property. The CCC voted 11-1 in support of the Newport Beach LUP...

After a long and emotional discussion of an item regarding affordable housing at last week’s Newport Beach Council Meeting, council members unanimously approved more than $4 million to fund the projects, contrary to what the majority of the audience wanted. They voted 6-0, with...

Bay Avenue and Ocean Blvd. Street Closures Bay Avenue from 7th to 8th Street, Medina Way to Coronado Street and Cypress Street to Adams Street is closed for pavement reconstruction. One lane will reopen to traffic after 5 p.m. each day. Work is expected to last through April 12....

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...

The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a settlement with Newport Banning Ranch LLC on March 12. The CCC approved a settlement agreement, cease and desist order and restoration order that will stop large scale vegetation removal, or mowing, restore damaged habitat...

Cultures will be celebrated this weekend as a Newport Coast campus is transformed into a colorful global village. Sage Hill School welcomes the world on Saturday as it hosts the 14th Annual Multicultural Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests senses will be delighted with the...

Sage Hill School hosted students from across the county on Saturday in their fifth annual Mathematics Invitational. Seventh and eighth graders from Orange County independent schools participated, many of whom do not have other opportunities to compete in mathematics, according to...

DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Planned this Friday The Newport Beach Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on March 13 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. The deterrent effect of DUI...

Newport Beach voters will head to the polls next week and have many choices to make, including a local measure regarding development, traffic and more. Measure Y has been hotly debated over the last few months, with supporters Larry Tucker and Don Webb, and opponents Dennis Baker...

Authorities have charged the driver suspected of striking and killing a bicyclist on East Coast Highway over the weekend with murder, hit and run, and drug possession . Neil Storm Stephany, 23, of Huntington Beach, was arrested after police located and identified him as the...

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...

Authorities removed thousands of marijuana plants just outside of Newport Beach city limits last week, according to officials. Orange County Sheriff’s Department narcotics investigators conducted a marijuana cultivation eradication operation in the Muddy Canyon area of the Laguna...

After about three hours of discussion and public comments, Newport Beach City Council voted this week to postpone the proposed amendments to the city’s general plan land use element. Council chambers were packed Tuesday night with more than two dozen public speakers –...

Jogger, Driver in PCH Collision ID’d A jogger was struck and killed on Coast Highway in Corona del Mar around 9:30 p.m. on June 12. The incident happened on a stretch of highway between Morning Canyon Road and Poppy Avenue. The driver of the vehicle, Robert John Greaney,...

An elderly woman died Thursday after the car she was driving hit with a tree on San Joaquin Hills Road, according to authorities. Thelma Robinson, 75, of Newport Coast died at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian around 10 a.m. on Thursday following the crash, according to the...

The Sonenshine family of Newport Coast will be honored with the 2014 Dove Award at Human Options’ annual “Serious Fun” fundraiser on May 9 at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach. The theme this year will be “A Salute to Old Hollywood.” All event proceeds benefit...