Today is N.B. Fire Chief’s Last Day
Newport Beach Fire Chief Steve Lewis’s last day is today after three years leading the fire department.
Lewis, 58, announced his retirement in January, citing health and family concerns. Lewis, a Corona del Mar resident, will continue to live in the village.
An interim chief, Steven E. Parker, will take over on March 15. Read more about [...]
CdM Business Leaders Ponder Sign Future
The dying issue of an electronic sign by the Corona del Mar dolphin topiaries came up again Thursday morning at the Business Improvement District’s monthly board meeting.
“It got shot down pretty badly,” City Councilwoman Nancy Gardner told the board as she described a City Council Study Session held earlier this week. (Read our story here.) [...]
CdM Fundraiser for Councilwoman’s Reelection Campaign
About 100 people attended a fundraiser for Newport Beach City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle, who is running for reelection in November. The event was held in an Avocado Avenue home and included many Corona del Mar residents and business owners, including Jim Walker, owner of The Bungalow; Ali Zadeh, owner of The Port Restaurant; Debra Allen [...]
Harbor View Holds GATE Project Showcase
Talk about bells and whistles — Harbor View Elementary School was filled with steam, moving robots, movies and gymnasts on Thursday as GATE students’ independent studies projects were unveiled in a school-wide showcase.
“The amazing thing with steam is it’s not really particular about the source of fuel,” fifth-grader Rourke Funke told parents and other students [...]
B.B. Simon Now Closed
Corona del Mar’s most glittery shop has closed permanently, and its owner is nearly finished removing the remaining crystal-covered merchandise.
B.B. Simon opened its flagship store last April, selling crystal-studded belts, dog collars, mirrors, candlesticks and more. The shop’s signature item was a $75,000 grand piano — one of a few items still inside the shop [...]
City Honors CYC Crew
The crew that worked on Corona del Mar’s Community Youth Center last spring and summer during a major remodel was honored at a City Council Study Session on Tuesday afternoon. City Manager Dave Kiff praised the workers and said the CYC’s revenue is up 20 percent per quarter over its pre-rennovation revenue. City Councilwoman Nancy [...]
Police Arrest Irvine Woman In Grand Theft Case
Police have arrested a 19-year-old Irvine woman on suspicion of grand theft, records state.
The woman was arrested at 3 p.m. Tuesday at 701 Newport Center Drive after police say she stole six or seven undergarments, two pairs of jeans, two shirts and several swimsuits, said Sgt. Steve Burdette of the Newport Beach Police Department.
Her bail [...]
Council Not So Hot on Electronic Sign for CdM Median
Newport Beach City Council members were less than enthusiastic about a proposal to add an electronic messaging sign to the East Coast Highway median at Marguerite Avenue.
“I think it kind of flies in the face of the village character that Corona del Mar has tried to create,” said Councilman Ed Selich. Selich said he’d prefer [...]
CdM Beach Parking Faces 50% Increase
Newport Beach city officials looking to bridge an $8 million budget gap are looking into cost-saving options including the possibility of raising city parking fees.
City Manager Dave Kiff said the city could increase the Corona del Mar Main Beach weekend parking fees to the state park level of $15 — a 50 percent increase. Currently, [...]
Harbor View Student’s Spelling Bee Dreams End
Harbor View Elementary sixth-grader Claire Robertson was one of three district students in the Orange County spelling bee spelling finals earlier this week, winning a trophy but not advancing to the next round.
Alyssa Snider, a sixth-grader from Killybrooke Elementary School in Costa Mesa, was the only Newport-Mesa Unified district student to advance at the [...]
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