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A popular annual event this weekend will allow attendees to get see how the locals decorate and celebrate Christmas on Balboa Island. The Balboa Island Improvement Association will host its 22nd Annual Balboa Island Holiday Home Walking Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday (rain...

Thousands of visitors and locals flocked to Newport Beach this weekend for an annual event full of the holiday spirit. The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce presented the 40th Annual CdM Christmas Walk on Sunday, kicking off the holiday season in the community. Attendees enjoyed...

A Newport Beach art gallery will be hosting an edgy show next weekend. “Smoking Hot,” a show described as “a survey of the current edgy street art and pop culture scene,” will be presented at Ethos Contemporary Art on the Balboa Peninsula on Nov. 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The...

The Newport Beach Film Festival and the Laguna Art Museum are hosting a free screening of the documentary film “Leaning Into the Wind — Andy Goldsworthy” on Saturday as part of the museum’s Art and Nature Festival that runs through Sunday. The 2017 film follows the British...

April Wahlin, who was voted to be the next Elvira out of thirteen spooky contestants on the Fox Reality channel’s “The Search for the Next Elvira” series, comes to The Village Inn on Balboa Island on Tuesday. Elvira herself, the famous horror hostess and Mistress of the Dark...

The Great Pacific Airshow returns to Newport Beach’s coastal neighbor, Huntington Beach, this weekend and will include heart stopping aerobatic, warbird and military performers. The annual event, previously called the Huntington Beach Airshow, kicked off this year’s...

The sand at Corona del Mar State Beach will be transformed this weekend into palaces, statues, and ocean life, big and small, as part of the annual Sandcastle Contest. The 57th Annual Sandcastle Contest presented by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce...

Officials approved the dates of Jan. 14 through 27 for the 2019 Newport Beach Restaurant Week at a recent meeting, although there was some discussion as to the best dates for the event, which is generally held the last two weeks of January. At the Newport Beach Restaurant...

Newport Beach Fire Department is inviting the public out to their annual open house event on October 7. The NBFD, along with Newport Beach Fire Association, will host a Fire Service Day Open Hose event on Sunday Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fire Station #7, at 20401 Acacia,...

The community is invited to the Newport Beach Historical Society Community Event and BBQ celebrating the history of the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard program. This fun-filled summertime family event will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Oasis Senior Center in Corona...

NB Indy Photo Editor Lawrence Sherwin joined thousands of comic book fans from across the globe in San Diego over the weekend for the popular Comic Con event. More than 100,000 people braved the heat to attend the annual convention, many of them dressing up as their favorite...

Surfers and history buffs alike will be interested in an upcoming free lecture, being held 90 years, almost to the day, after the Corona del Mar Surf Club hosted the first Pacific Coast Surf Board Championships. Paul Burnett will speak at Sherman Library & Gardens on Aug. 7...

Seafaring history floats into Newport Harbor this weekend with the return of the annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club. Now in its fifth year, it is considered “yachting’s equivalent of the Concours d’Elegance,” officials proclaimed in a press...

In preparation of the Orange County Marathon on Sunday, the Newport Beach Police Department sent out an advisory on Wednesday about road closures and delays in the area. Starting as early as 5 a.m. and lasting through noon in some areas, police listed streets and areas to avoid...

The bay will be dotted with pink paddlers next weekend, as more than 1,000 breast cancer advocates and paddling enthusiasts will unite for an annual charitable event at Newport Dunes. The 7th Annual Standup for the Cure will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 5. All proceeds...

After five years in the making, Lido House Hotel, the boutique hotel located on the old Newport Beach city hall site on the Balboa Peninsula, is open. “Welcome to the Lido House,” Bob Olson, CEO of R.D. Olson Development, the company that built the hotel, said as he welcomed a...

March Air Reserve Base celebrated its centennial over the weekend with an event that took to the skies and beyond. The 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March ARB held its annual March Field Air & Space Expo at the Riverside base on April 7 and 8. This year’s theme for the free,...

A large police presence was seen at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach on Thursday morning, but there was no cause for concern, it was an event of celebration and gratitude. The 47th Annual Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Police Appreciation Breakfast awarded 19 men and women from...

WonderCon, or the “Wonderful World of Comics Convention,” returned to Anaheim this weekend, much to the delight of thousands of kids and adults from Newport Beach, Orange County and beyond. The Anaheim Convention Center once again transformed for WonderCon 2018. Cosplayers...

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...