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Newport Beach Police Department shared a message of safety this week in observance of both National Bike Month and National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Along with the California Office of Traffic Safety, NBPD is encouraging drivers, motorcyclists and bicycle riders to...

A local botanical garden will be celebrating the upcoming National Public Gardens Week with events, activities, tours and more. Sherman Library & Gardens announced their lineup of events for the week, celebrated May 11 through 19. Sherman Library & Gardens will deliver...

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...

These are not quiet times. A tumultuous election season is upon us at both the local and national level. At the national level, there is some concern that our democracy is being tested. The divisiveness that is being played out currently in our country affects the relationships...

Police and residents came together this week to give crime a going away party. Newport Beach Police Department hosted their annual event for National Night Out Wednesday at Bonita Canyon Sports Park. Police provided information on crime and drug prevention, home security, child...

Newport Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose state Senate Bill 54, the so-called “sanctuary state” law, taking a stance similar to that of seven other Orange County cities and the county in choosing to support a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the measure....

Economic experts predict growth, both locally and on a wider scale, over the next few years before it gets “bumpy,” according to a recently revealed report. Released Tuesday, the Newport Beach Revenue Forecast was prepared by Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics, LLC. Beacon’s...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

The Newport Beach Public Library was recently named as a “Star Library” in a national ranking, authorities announced this week. Board of Library trustees announced Thursday that the city library earned the honor in a list compiled by the Library Journal, in its tenth edition of...

National Association of Women Business Owners Institute Chair Elect and Opportunity International Ambassador Loreen Gilbert of Newport Beach, along with NAWBO National CEO Jen Earle, are leading an inspirational immersion trip to Nicaragua. The trip began on Nov. 27 and continues...

M.C. Sungaila, partner at international corporate law firm Haynes and Boone and a Corona del Mar High School alumna, recently received a certificate of recognition from her hometown of Newport Beach, in light of her professional achievement and humanitarian work. City Councilman...

Newport Beach residents Jim Roberts and Kathy Leek love to travel, and to take landscapes photos of the scenery. Their recent trips to Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California and the desert area around La Quinta and Palm Springs did not let them down. The trips...

On Tuesday night, Newport Beach celebrated two National Night Out events, which gave residents a chance to meet with police and learn more about crime prevention. National Night Out is observed by many police departments and cities through the U.S., Canada, and even on U.S....

A group of young men and women recently got a lesson in etiquette. Nearly 50 students from the junior classes of the National League of Young Men and the National Charity League came together for an evening of dining and etiquette on March 26. The 10th annual Etiquette Dinner was...

A group of charitable young men got to see the faces of the very people they were helping at an event this weekend. About 35 members of the Newport-Mesa chapter of the National League of Young Men visited the Christ Lutheran Church in Costa Mesa on Saturday to pack grocery bags...

This year marks the 100th year of the National Park Service. With that in mind, I recently completed a 10-day trip to multiple parks in the Utah and Arizona area. These included Zion, Bryce, Arches, and Grand Canyon National Parks. We then traveled to Monument Valley including...

Sections of Newport Beach may be designated as part of a national landmark if congress passes a bill this fall. U.S. Representative Ed Royce will propose a bill in September in an effort to preserve lands within Southern California that will create the Santa Ana Mountains to Sea...

A heat wave marked the first official day of summer in Southern California this week, as temperatures soared in Newport Beach and the rest of Orange County. Several areas in Orange County reached above 100 degrees. In Newport Beach, according to Weather Underground, a station in...

Nearly 200 teenage girls recently spent a Sunday collecting, crafting and creating items to help people in need. The National Charity League Newport chapter held their annual Philanthropy Faire on Oct. 18 at Harbor Day School. The organization, consisting of seventh through 12th...

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.  ...