Happy Birthday to Newport Beach! Newport Beach has its 120th birthday in September 2026. The story of the city’s first 100 years has been told, but what about the last 20 years? The Newport Beach Historical Society has the answer. The organization recruited four former mayors – Ed Selich, Nancy Gardner,...

Growing up in Huntington Beach and later Newport Beach, there were four classic movie theaters (call them art houses) my friends and I frequented where nostalgia met Hollywood: Surf Theater in Huntington Beach, Balboa Theater near the Balboa Fun Zone, Port Theater in Corona del Mar, and Lido Theater...

Where should the city’s new police station be located? At a recent Newport Beach City Council meeting the Council decided to study locating a new police station in the Civic Center Park adjacent to City Hall. Since that meeting there has been a lot of community discussion over that decision. At...

Visit Newport Beach, the official destination marketing organization for one of California’s most iconic coastal communities, announced the appointment of Caitlin Corbin as Director of Communications. A born-and-raised Southern Californian and celebrated figure in Orange County public relations, Corbin brings nearly a decade of agency experience representing the region’s most...

UBS Wealth Management US announced today that nine financial advisors based in the Southern California and Hawaii areas of the firm’s Pacific Desert Market – including two in Newport Beach – have been named to the Forbes 2026 Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State list. The UBS advisors from Newport Beach...

Can plants and flowers tell a story? They can if they are at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar. This spring, Roger’s Gardens is launching an immersive, sensory experience where nature, beauty, and storytelling come to life. Dubbed “The Poetry of Spring,” this experience professes to be a living, breathing expression...

Look now, because it may be decades before Newport residents, boaters and visitors will ever again see a major dredging operation in Newport Harbor. That is the prognostication of Public Works Manager Chris Miller, who’s in charge of all harbor-related capital projects and improvements, and who is overseeing the dredging...

It was an exciting and memorable week of golf March 22-29 during the 2026 Hoag Classic at Newport Beach Country Club. The popular PGA TOUR Champions event, with Hoag as title sponsor and McCarthy Building Companies as presenting partner, once again saw a standout field of PGA TOUR Champions stars...

In the 1930s, dancers who packed into the legendary Rendezvous Ballroom on Balboa Peninsula invented something entirely new. The floor was so crowded there was no room for big kicks or spins, so they pulled close, kept their footwork tight, and created what’s known as the Balboa Swing—one of...