Lights, Camera, Action As Newport Beach Film Festival Launches
The 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival begins tonight with the screening of “East Fifth Bliss” and a gala event at Fashion Island.
Tickets start at $80; click here for more information.
The festival, which features 350 films from 40 countries, will run through May 5.
For information and complete schedules, visit the event’s website.
Letters To Be Sent Asking for Restaurant Employees to Keep it Down
Restaurants may be noisy, and the patrons leaving may make noise. But a bigger problem for some Corona del Mar residents lately has been the noise created by employees as they leave for the night, according to emails and complaints sent to Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Gardner.
Gardner today asked if the Corona del Mar Business [...]
Complaints Lead to Plans to Move Bench; Bus Stop’s Future Under Discussion
Moving a bus stop away from the First Republic bank could be out of the hands of Corona del Mar business leaders, but moving the bench at the stop will go forward after a vote this morning by the board of the Corona del Mar Business Improvement District.
Officials with the First Republic Bank have called [...]
Senior Project Volunteers Sought
Corona del Mar High School seniors have been working all year on their Senior Projects, which team students with mentors in the community for practical work experience, as well as for interviews and written papers and presentations.
Parent volunteers are needed on May 24 and 25 for the assessment of these projects. Organizers are looking for [...]
Ruby’s, Police Team Up for Cancer Fundraiser Tonight
By Dan Steele, student intern
Feel like fighting cancer along side the police force? By eating at Ruby’s tonight in Corona del Mar, you can.
Ruby’s has agreed to work along side the police in donating 20 percent of the night’s profits towards the American Cancer society. Your server for the evening will be a Newport [...]
CureDuchenne Fundraiser Set for Saturday; Clay Matthews to Appear
Tickets are available for a CureDuchenne fundraising event that will feature wine, dinner and a chance to hang out with Super Bowl champion Clay Matthews, organizers said.
The event, scheduled for Saturday evening at the Balboa Bay Club, also will honor CureDuchenne supporters Vinny Smith of Quest Software and Kelly Smith of the Center for Living [...]
Coastal Commission Postpones AERIE Hearing
The AERIE condominium project was on the May Coastal Commission agenda until this week, when concerned residents asked for and received a postponement.
Some residents, who have been opposed to plans for the seven-unit luxury condo complex from the beginning, asked for the delay in order to review the new plans. The May meeting also is [...]
Library Live Event Scheduled For Thursday
Author Katie Arnoldi will appear at a Thursday Library Live! event, organizers have announced.
Arnoldi, who wrote “Point Dume,” will speak and sign books purchased at the event. Doors open at 6:30, and the program is scheduled to run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free and includes coffee and cookies, but a $10 [...]
AERIE On Coastal’s May Agenda
UPDATE
The Coastal Commission has postponed the AERIE project until June.
The AERIE project is back on the California Coastal Commission agenda, with a plan proposing fewer cubic yards of cut from the coastal bluff, according to a review of coastal agendas.
In March, the application was withdrawn moments before a vote, which appeared would have denied the [...]
Goldenrod Footbridge Repairs Near Completion
Construction on the Goldenrod Footbridge should be finished next week, city officials have said.
Crews were waiting for new base collars for the bridge, and they are expected to take about a week to install.
Construction began this winter for the $140,000 project, which will make the bridge seismically safer in case of a major earthquake.
The footbridge [...]
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