Broadcasting Newport Beach, harbor to hills.
Broadcasting Newport Beach, harbor to hills.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Cesar, a 5-month-old kitten, has been at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter since April, and FONBAS is offering 50% off adoption fees for all cats and kittens through the end of August.
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Cesar, a 5-month-old kitten, has been at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter since April, and FONBAS is offering 50% off adoption fees for all cats and kittens through the end of August.
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Wildlife Jewels founder Dr. Azi Sharif will lead a free collaborative painting event at Marina Park on Aug. 14 during Newport Beach's inaugural Art Week, with finished canvases headed to a public showcase this fall.
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The Newport Beach Historical Society will celebrate the city's 120th year of incorporation with a dinner and swing dance on Aug. 27 at the Balboa Fun Zone, featuring Guinness World Record holders Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five.
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Roger's Gardens in Corona del Mar is hosting "A Hummingbird Summer" through Sunday, Aug. 23, featuring live hummingbirds in a display garden, California native plants, and a charity round-up program that matches every customer donation to Sea & Sage Audubon.
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OC Parks' free Wild Tales program offers weekly story time, nature hikes, and crafts for young children every Friday morning at Upper Newport Bay's Muth Interpretive Center, with four August sessions still available for registration.
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Two bonded 5-month-old sister kittens, Mocha and Maple, have waited at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter since March and need to be adopted together; the city-run facility also has other long-stay animals looking for homes.
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The Balboa Island Museum's weekly "A Look Back" series highlights the Pacific Electric Railway's 1906 arrival in Balboa, the electric trolley line that transformed Newport Beach from a sandy peninsula into a thriving resort city.
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The Newport Beach Historical Society's August newsletter highlights the 1921 Illuminated Boat Parade, a 30-boat "water carnival" chaired by Balboa Island Ferry founder Joseph Allen Beek that is the direct ancestor of today's Christmas Boat Parade.
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Sage Hill School student Rishaan Marwaha, 15, is organizing TEDx San Joaquin Hills, a free youth-focused speaker event at Newport Beach's new Witte Hall on Saturday, August 22, featuring UCI Chancellor's Professor Kristen Monroe as keynote.
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Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire will hold its annual "Art of Wishes" black-tie fundraiser at Pendry Newport Beach on Saturday, October 17, honoring Carie and Anthony Ferry and raising money to grant wishes for critically ill children.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast promoted Keegan Bell to Chief Philanthropy Officer as the Newport Beach-based nonprofit strengthens its fundraising team following two 2025 mergers that expanded its footprint to eight Orange County cities.
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Newport Beach celebrated the grand opening of Witte Hall, a $23.5 million, 299-seat auditorium on the Central Library campus built through a public-private partnership that took eight years of planning and survived a narrow council vote.
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Fashion Island's 59-year history traces back to a 3,000-acre Boy Scout campground on the Irvine Ranch, a buried time capsule no one can find, and a 1967 champagne opening that Time Magazine called the world's largest cocktail party.