Port Restaurant "Community Night" Mondays; Other Businesses May Follow

Beginning tomorrow, Mondays at the Port Restaurant and Bar will be Community Nights, with 50 percent off everything, said owner Ali H. Zadeh.
“It’s important for the village to find out about us,” he said.
Zadeh, who is on the advisory board of the Corona del Mar Business Improvement District, told other board members about his plan [...]

UK Experts to Join AYSO 57 For Brand New Summer Camps

If you live for soccer but think of it as football, if you’ve made it a point to understand the maze that is the English Football League, if you actually can name more stars than David Beckham– take note.
For the first time ever, AYSO 57 will hold three summer camps, featuring international coaches from [...]

Gray May Here To Stay?

Unlike last weekend, when the sun burned through the fog by mid morning making for glorious beach weather throughout the Memorial Day holiday, the weather in Corona del Mar has been cool and gray for days.
With temperatures in the mid-60s and fog that has meant on and off drizzle, the beaches are quiet. However, weather [...]

CdM House of the Week

Imagine grabbing a bottle from your 2,000-bottle private cellar, dashing up to your roof deck and enjoying canyon and ocean views from your personal putting green, or perhaps from the jacuzzi. Or, if that bores you, grab your key and head down to one of two beaches using your private paths.
This week’s House of the [...]

Felicitaciones, CDM Spanish Students

Corona del Mar High School student Katie McCormick has won an all-expenses trip to study in Spain this summer as the grand prize for an essay in a statewide contest, school officials have announced. Julien Crockett and Jack Mulcaire, both juniors, were finalists. The three students all take AP Spanish.
The Spanish Essay Contest was sponsored [...]

Wachovia Robbery Suspect ID'd, Still At Large

Newport police have identified a Corona del Mar robbery suspect as David Paul Colussi, a convicted bank robber looking at his third strike, said Sgt. Evan Sailor.
A $1 million dollar arrest warrant has been issued for Colussi, who has served time in federal prison for previous bank robbery convictions, Sailor said.
His last known address [...]

CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things for Your To-do List.

1. Prom! OK, so this only works if you’re in high school (or are with someone who is) but Corona del Mar High School’s prom is at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. If you’re too old for prom but still young at heart, there should be great people watching around [...]

Harbor View Fifth Graders Complete Fire Safety Classes

Newport Beach Fire Department spent all week with Harbor View Elementary fifth graders, teaching them about fire safety, emergency preparedness and even how to deal with a rip current. The week’s lessons (which included homework for parents) ended with a visit from a fire truck, a question and answer session and each student receiving a [...]

From the Police Log

A Newport Beach police car might have caused a Thursday collision by running a red light and crashing into another car at the intersection of East Coast Highway and Avocado Avenue, a police spokesman said on Friday.
The crash occurred just after 7 p.m. Thursday. The officer was traveling east on East Coast Highway and went [...]

CDM Middle School Mother-Daughter Fashion Show

If you’re a mother looking for a way to bond with your middle-school aged daughter, consider signing up for the Mother-Daughter Fashion Show and Tea to be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday June 5.
Tickets are $45, but each girl attending will receive a gift bag valued at more than $100 with [...]