CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week
1. Harbor View Elementary School celebrated the last week of school with the traditional Field Day, beach parties and tidepool tours, a visit from a beloved former teacher, and a Kids Who Care event with lifeguards. Read our stories here, here, here and here.
2. Plans for a gourmet food shop to open in Corona del [...]
Hands Across Sand Event Draws Small But Devoted Crowd
Finding people on Big Corona State Beach to join hands to protest offshore oil drilling turned out to be tougher than Sophie Molinari thought. But in the end, after walking the beach, hand-in-hand, with nine other people, Molinari said the first ever global Hands Across the Sand event was worthwhile.
“At least we represented a little [...]
CdMHS Senior Wins “Pen on Fire” Writing Contest
Corona del Mar High School senior Ashkan “Alex” Salamatipour has won the first Pen On Fire Speakers Series scholarship, school officials have announced.
Salamatipour will receive a $300 prize and be honored at the next Pen on Fire Speakers Series event, said Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, who founded the series and wrote a book by the same name. [...]
Harbor View “Students Who Care” Forgo Parties to Help Others
The Harbor View Elementary School’s Kids Who Care group won’t be celebrating the last day of school today with cupcakes, popcorn or elborate goody bags.
Instead, the group of second- and third-graders gave Newport Beach lifeguards personalized sand pails filled with letters of gratitude, candies and photographs.
“I’m so grateful, so fortunate to live here and [...]
CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List
1. The Port Streets will be headed to Corona del Mar on Sunday for a guest-bartending event scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at The Place. “The Port Street Amigos” — Rich Barden, Jeff Cyr and Paul Cousens — have been raising money since 2002, when they began making tacos on holidays in the Port Streets [...]
CdMHS Seniors Graduate
Photo courtesy of Corona del Mar Today student intern Kristin Mathuny.
Harbor View Kindergartners Arrive At Little Corona Tidepools; Traditional Last Day Field Trip
“Hands Across The Sand” Event Saturday in Corona del Mar
Big Corona State Beach will be part of a worldwide protest against offshore oil drilling on Saturday during the first global “Hands Across the Sand” event.
A Florida restaurateur founded the Hands Across the Sand in October 2009 to send a message to politicians that people didn’t want to lift bans on offshore drilling. In [...]
Plans Still Alive For Gourmet Shop In Corona del Mar
Just when it appeared the deal fell through completely, city officials today said a new shop specializing in gourmet items like artisanal cheeses, beers and wines could still be coming to Corona del Mar.
Last week, officials said the shop’s plans had fallen through and it would not being moving into a vacancy in the 2700 [...]
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