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Bicycle Safety Committee Meets Monday

The Newport Beach Bicycle Safety Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Friends Room at the Central Library.
The agenda includes updates on dangerous intersections and ways to make them safer, discussion on a citywide bike riding event in November, a police report and an update about a report made at the July board [...]

CdM Today Reader Comment of the Week

Our reader comment of the week came from Barbara in response to a story about Whole Foods opening a market in Fashion Island, and the shopping center’s plans to add a trolley that will take shoppers around the center and to and from the parking lot.
Barbara wrote, “Yay! Better than Dean and Deluca. Hmmm, how [...]

CdM Today’s Top Stories This Week

1. Whole Foods will open in Fashion Island next summer; read our story here.
2. Fundraising efforts continue for a new locker room at the pool at Corona del Mar High School; read our story here.
3. The I Heart Puppy pet store continues to generate controversy; read our stories here and here.
4. A Buck Gully erosion [...]

Pet Shop Protest Scheduled; CdM Leaders Ponder Whether to Take Stand

A San Diego-based animal rights group expects more than 100 people to show up at the first rally against the I Heart Puppy Shop.
The protest will take place at 1 p.m. Aug. 7, said Brenda Calvillo of the Animal Protection and Rescue League.
“We have signs and literature; we just need your presence to advocate [...]

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

1. Pack a picnic, grab some lawn chairs and head to Bonita Canyon Sports Park for a free concert beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday. The 90-minute concert will feature Gregg Young 2nd Street Band playing a variety of musical styles including jazz, blues, R&B, reggae, rock and Latin. The concert his hosted by the [...]

Overgrown Dolphins Need Topiary Expert, B.I.D. Board Agrees

The dolphin topiaries that have become Corona del Mar’s center-of-town mascots are overgrown and shaggy and need professional help, the Corona del Mar Business Improvement District’s board members decided Thursday morning.
“Are they anchors? Are they bombs? Are they manatees?” said C. Scott Palmer. “They just don’t look like dolphins. I would like the B.I.D. to [...]

Juggler to Appear at CdM Library Today

Juggler David Cousins will appear at the Corona del Mar library branch from 3 to 4 p.m. today.
Cousins holds five world juggling records, library officials said. “David Cousins will entertain and astonish you with his incredible juggling act,” the library website states.
The library is located at 420 Marigold Ave. The event is free and appropriate [...]

Bear Flag Opening At Crystal Cove

The Bear Flag Fish Company will open a Crystal Cove location in the fall, according to a sign in the window of a shop near the Juxtaposition home store.
Bear Flag Fish Company was founded in 2007 and offers “the freshest seafood in town,” according to the company website.
Bear Flag did not immediately respond to [...]

Cupcake Wars Judge, Sprinkles Founder To Appear at CdM Plaza on Friday

Candace Nelson, founder of Sprinkles and a “Cupcake Wars” judge, will appear at the Sprinkles in Corona del Mar Plaza to meet fans from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday.
Nelson is widely credited with creating the national gourmet cupcake craze when she opened the first Sprinkles in Beverly Hills in 2005.
Sprinkles is located at 944 [...]