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Support a local museum and hear empowering stories at an upcoming event on Balboa Island. The Balboa Island Museum will host the kickoff event of a new speaker series for women in the community on Feb. 12, from 6 to 9 p.m., the museum announced in a press release on Jan. 14. A...

More than 30 years ago, after admittedly non-competitive 18-year-old Deborah Cowles told her boyfriend that she had decided to become a competitive athlete, he did what any supportive boyfriend should not have done: He laughed. Cowles responded accordingly — she dumped him in...

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...

The Newport Beach Police Department is seeking a possible witness for an aggravated assault investigation, authorities reported in a press release on Tuesday. A woman, reportedly a San Bernardino County deputy district attorney, was attacked while jogging near the intersection of...

Newport Beach artist Georgeana Ireland has truly come full circle. Ireland, who owns Ethos Contemporary Art on the Balboa Peninsula, will be featured in her one-woman show “Looking Forward/Looking Back” that opens this weekend at her gallery at 3405 Newport Blvd. The opening...

A woman died Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was driving hit a light pole near San Miguel and Pacific View drives, according to authorities. At 8:49 p.m., the Newport Beach Police Department was notified of a single-vehicle traffic collision near the intersection, NBPD...

  Marian Bergeson, longtime Newport Beach resident, community leader and former state politician, died Wednesday. She was 90. Bergeson, who was the first woman to serve in both the California state Assembly and Senate, died early Wednesday morning at Hoag Hospital due to...

Students and staff at Harbor Day School celebrated the contributions and achievements from women throughout history this week, culminating in a special assembly on Wednesday. The Phenomenal Women in History event was held in the Moiso Family Activities Center and featured...

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has opened “Womanology,” a comprehensive, integrated pelvic floor health program for women who are facing incontinence, painful sexual intercourse and other pelvic floor disorders. A new space within Hoag Health Center Newport...

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...

Just before Wyatt came out of the bathroom at Great Clips I quickly whispered to the woman about to cut his hair, “He’s phobic of haircuts.” “What?” I tried to give her the eight year history in three seconds: He’s extremely ticklish and can’t sit still, one time at t...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of the woman whose body was found under the Bay Bridge on Sept. 2, authorities announced on Monday. Newport Beach Police Department detectives arrested Jaime Prieto Rocha, 40, of Santa Ana, around 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 6. He...

By Justin Swanson | NB Indy A local woman was charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to run over an sheriff’s deputy with her car, according to a statement released Thursday by the Orange County District Attorney’s office. Newport Beach resident Rebecca Lee...

“When we rushed upstairs to get the kids out, our master bedroom ceiling was bubbling,” Newport resident Shawni Jackson said. “The fire was about to break through, but it hadn’t yet. God really watched out for us.” Shawni recalled her family’s experiences when their house caught...

In this YouTube era of instant gratification, and gratuitous everything, the old adage “less is more” is often forgotten. Not so for Orange County writer, Marcie Kremer, author of the new historical romance, “Torch in the Forest.” Like a seasoned burlesque performer, Kremer...

The body of a young woman was found face down in the sand near West Ocean Front and Highland Street Monday morning, according to a police statement. The Newport Beach Police Department responded to a call around 6 a.m. on Monday about a woman, who appeared to be unconscious,...

* Communication Evolution Recently, Newport Indy cartoonist George Peters sketched a clever comment on ‘Communication Evolution.” It shows a relatively normal appearing woman texting in 2013. Next it shows the woman texting in 2025. Her mouth has now disappeared. I would like to...

Sarah Weddington gets around. In Nebraska she was presented with a condom labeled “Go, Big Red!” In Las Vegas her cabbie asked, “Aren’t you that abortion lady?” Which is why the Community Action Fund of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties invited Weddington...

Why does a woman in Connecticut with a dysfunctional son need a military assault weapon in her home? Think how different things would be if she’d bought an IPOD instead, but she didn’t, and her son blew her away last Dec. 14. Then, since the NRA didn’t supply...

I may be one of the few people who isn’t bugged by Cell Yell, that loud-voiced way of holding private conversations in public for everyone to hear. It is an occupational hazard for therapists to be curious about everyone, even when outside the office, so while in line to...