City Preparing Fire Ring Removal Application
Newport Beach officials could be submitting a permit application to the Coastal Commission early this week, seeking permission to remove the city’s 60 beach fire rings.
City staff has reviewed details of the application with Coastal Commission staff, said Tara Finnigan, a Newport Beach city spokeswoman, and will be delivering the application soon. A Coastal Commission [...]
CdM Woman Featured in Newly Launched Lupus Awareness Video
A Corona del Mar woman who has lived with lupus for 25 years has been included in a newly released video to promote Lupus Awareness Month.
Bridget Hood, 42, has been in remission, but she struggled to control her disease for years after diagnosis, eventually receiving a kidney transplant in 2006; read our story about her [...]
CdM Today’s Reader Comment of the Week
Our reader comment of the week this week came from Ed “The Jester” Ettinghausen in response to our story about the OC Marathon’s course through Corona del Mar.
Ed “The Jester” wrote, “A hearty thank you to the residents of Corona Del Mar for allowing us to run through your wonderful community. We’re all in awe [...]
CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week
1. Nearly 2 1/2 years after a city bicycle safety task force first discussed adding sharrow markings along East Coast Highway in Corona del Mar, the city’s Bicycle Safety Committee on Monday voted yes on the idea and will send the matter to City Council for consideration; read our story here.
2. The Shake Shack soon [...]
Mayor’s Walk Draws Crowd
About 35 people joined Mayor Nancy Gardner this morning on a 2.75 mile walk through Corona del Mar, which featured stops to review a few public works projects, local beaches, some history and updates on city issues like fire rings.
“This is active, outside and so informal,” said Corona del Mar resident Jacqueline Wittmeyer. “It’s a [...]
CdMHS Juniors to Show Support For Former Classmate, Coalition Duchenne With Borneo Climb
A Corona del Mar High School junior will try for the second time to climb to the top of Mt. Kinabulu this summer to support Coalition Duchenne, a charity that raises funds and awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Lucas Bradom,17, whose brother has Duchenne and is a 2011 CdMHS graduate, will climb the 13,455-foot high mountain [...]
From the Police Log: Petty Theft, Commercial Burglary
Newport Beach police took took a report of a commercial burglary at 3049 East Coast Highway at 10:08 a.m. Thursday, according to a report.
The incident occurred at 9:26 p.m. Wednesday, and the loss was $110.97, the report said.
Police also took a report of a petty theft in the 3500 block of East Coast Highway at [...]
CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List
1. Saturday is California’s Official Lawn Bowls Day, and the Newport Harbor Lawn Bowling Club is celebrating with an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1550 Crown Drive. If you’ve always wondered about lawn bowling, here’s your chance to find out more about the sport and the Corona del Mar club. (And [...]
Newport Theater Now Open — As a Coffeehouse
Early one morning about a week after the New Port Theater opened for a sneak peak during the Newport Beach Film Festival, owner Fariborz Maseeh sat outside the theater at a cafe table, talking to someone over what appeared to be a china cup of coffee.
And now, anyone who wants to can enjoy coffee and [...]
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