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City officials announced this week that lifeguard personnel will be posted near the Lido Bridge area now through Labor Day. The action comes in response to an increase of reports of bridge jumping and an accident earlier in the week that involved a jumper landing on a passing...

Young sailors from around the globe gathered in Newport Beach this week to participate in the oldest international youth match racing regatta in the world. The 52nd Annual Governor’s Cup, hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club, started with the crew introductions event on Monday. Emcee...

Young sailors from around the world gathered in Newport Beach recently to compete. The 2017 Youth Match Racing World Championships was held July 30 through Aug. 5 at the Balboa Yacht Club in Corona del Mar. The competition showcased 12 teams from nine countries. The regatta had...

In Newport Beach, horse power doesn’t always mean what’s under the hood of a Ferrari. In fact, there are areas of Newport’s Back Bay where horse power is the preferred method of travel. In some nearby neighborhoods, horses are right at home in Newport Beach, but they’re not...

A local teen has some survival tips for students interested attending boarding school. Justin Muchnick, 16, a Harbor Day School graduate and current sophomore at Phillips Academy Andover boarding school in Boston, wrote “The Boarding School Survival Guide” to give students and...

A team of elite athletes recently brought home a trophy from a statewide competition. Newport Beach Elite Baseball won California Competitive Youth Baseball League Championship on May 18. The 18-month-old program also won the Arizona Triple Crown Spring Championship in March....

A local team of young athletes recently won a regional basketball championship and will be headed to nationals next week. Fryer Basketball Academy won the Southern California Championships for the National Junior Basketball All-Net league (U11) Sunday at the MAP Sports Facility...

In hindsight, sailboat racing in my youth as a non-calm (the term used to identify junior sailors) at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club was my introduction to gender equality. Beginning in kindergarten during the “Leave It To Beaver” 50s, we were continuously instructed at school...

A few years ago Vladimir “Vlad” Frierson was inspired to design stylish, high-quality clothing at an affordable price. Rocksteady Clothing was born. At that time, he was just 11 years old. “Some people look at me.. They think I’m too young to run a company,” Frierson sai...

44 Women for Children recently held its Ninth Annual Scholarship Luncheon benefiting Orangewood Children’s Foundation at the Westin South Coast Plaza. Always an inspiring presentation, this year’s keynote speaker at the event was Olympic Gold Medalist Janet Evans, who is...

It’s that time of year when many people make New Year’s resolutions.  In a short amount of time, many of those resolutions will be broken.  Maybe if we had a more significant reason for our resolutions, we would have a lasting result. Instead of thinking about what we can change...

Last year, quite by accident, I discovered that corn symbolized happiness in my life. I was at a writing workshop for the weekend, and one of the breakout sessions was given by a licensed hypnotherapist who spoke of using meditation to help the writer unleash material buried deep...

This past weekend, as we put up the bevy of large and small electrified Halloween pumpkins that grin and grimace from our entryway, our 3-year-old granddaughter,Ava, who last year was frightened of them, squealed with delight. She calls them “Grampy’s pumpkin patch” and the first...

The final two sailing teams have been named to compete in this year’s Governor’s Cup international youth match racing event at the Balboa Bay Club, July 17-22. Will Holz from the Chicago Yacht Club won the 2012 Rose Cup, a U.S. youth national match racing event sanctioned by US...

  I arrived at the Westin South Coast Plaza last Friday with a lot on my mind. Deadlines, new business proposals, looming dental surgery and a burnt out headlight were all nagging at me. My attitude of gratitude was waning. Yet, as soon as I walked in to the reception for...

Visual and educational information about butterflies and the Back Bay will now be easier than ever for visitors to the Muth Interpretive Center, thanks to Alex Conte and his fellow scouts in Troop 90. As Conte’s Eagle Scout project, he planned, designed, funded and constructed...

Would it surprise you to learn that 12 percent of the websites today are pornographic? Would you believe the statistic that there are presently over 24 million pornographic websites? As if those numbers aren’t shocking enough, how about the statistics on youth porn consumption:...

About 450 underprivileged kids got a huge helping of holiday cheer when Miley Cyrus joined them at a Christmas party at South Coast Plaza last week. The event, called “Sharing the Spirit,” was organized by Festival of Children Foundation, The Happiness Project, and the Young...

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Plans for the expansion of Sage Hill School’s organic garden, which is expected to include an orchard, compost area, chicken coop and beekeeping yard, have been finalized with the landscape architect and are moving forward. The expansion is possible after Sage Hill was recently...