CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week

1. The Newport Beach Film Festival is underway, prompting us to interview a Corona del Mar filmmaker who has launched a non-profit filmmaking organization. Read more, including how to help, in our story about Javier Reyna.
2. Corona del Mar business leaders plan to move a bench from near a bank ATM in an effort to [...]

Party All The Time Holds Grand Opening Party

Cycling Safety

Cutting My Teeth
By Frank Peters
Sometimes I feel that implementing bike safety improvements, influencing the community, it can be a game of inches, like football. Here’s an example of a small improvement I wrote up during the 2009 Newport Beach Bike Safety Task Force.
What’s the issue? Eastbound along Bayside Drive you can ride in the bike [...]

Reader Photo By Julie: CdM Sunset 4-29-11

Party All the Time Shop Grand Opening Set For Saturday

UPDATE to correct time of celebration.
When a party store throws a party, you can expect everything from kid activities to Champagne — exactly what’s in store when Party All The the Time holds its grand opening celebrations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The shop, which opened in February, is located at 2747 East Coast [...]

CdMHS Theater Presents “South Pacific”

Corona del Mar High School students will stage Rodgers and Hammersteins “South Pacific” tonight and Saturday at the Loats Performing Arts Center.
The performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the theater located at 600 Irvine Ave.
Tickets cost $10, $12 and $15 and are available online until 6:30 p.m. today for tonight’s performance, or at the [...]

CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List

1. Corona del Mar’s Union Jack band will perform at The Quiet Woman on Sunday, with 25 percent of proceeds benefitting music programs at Corona del Mar High School. Karl Donovan, Roman Hays, Blake Munger, Jake Reines and George Wells will play songs by Aerosmith, Coldplay, Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones and more between 6 [...]

CdMHS Election Results Announced

Corona del Mar High School held ASB elections on Wednesday, and school officials today announced the results online.
The 2011-2012 ASB president is Sarah Hostetler, a Harbor View Elementary School alum. The vice president is Ariana Naaseh, secretary is Hanna Gross, and activities commissioners are Hannah Brylski and Jono Keedy.
The senior class president is Annabel Pidgeon; [...]

CdM Filmmaker Founds Non-Profit Movie Company

Javier Reyna’s mother used to drag him to the movies back during his childhood in Mexico City. One afternoon, he suffered through a double feature of “Ben Hur” and “The Ten Commandments.” It was a long day — 432 minutes of history — but his mother loved movies, so he went along. He had no [...]

CdM Florist Finds Royal Wedding Spirit

Across the pond, there’s a royal wedding about to take place. In California, you can stay up late (or get up early) to watch the pomp and circumstance, scheduled air live starting about 2:30 a.m. You can even sign up for a Facebook page devoted to watching, crying and snarking about the marriage of Prince [...]