The City Of Newport Beach has extended the emergency temporary use permits for sidewalk, parking lot dining until the end of the year. The previously extended permits were set to expire September 6th but as the pandemic continues the City Council as desired to continue the program. The city still has to approve these temporary […]
The 56th Annual Newport Beach Art Exhibition due to take place October 9th at the Newport Beach Civic Center has been canceled. The City Arts Commission has said they will have a new date for June of 2022 as soon as possible. The one day Newport Beach Art Exhibition is a one day event where […]
The organizers of the Pacific Wine & Food Classic have announced that next months has been canceled but will return in October 2022. The event was due to take place October 23rd and 24th at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort, ticket holders to the event have the option of a refund or transferring the funds […]
Recently it was announced that the annual Christmas Boat Parade that so many residents and, visitors enjoy was being canceled in light of the worsening pandemic numbers. The Newport Beach Chamber Of Commerce who organize the event said they were canceling the event in light of Governor Gavin Newsom’s restrictions and 10pm curfew. It’s been […]
Hours after my story went live came the announcement that the 112th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade has been canceled due to the rising cases of Corona Virus in California and, across the country. No word yet on the Dana Point and Huntington Beach boat parades but they could meet a similar fate. Orange County […]
One nice thing about boat parades is as a watcher it’s a great event for social distancing. Their are boat parades in Huntington Beach and Dana point but the one in Newport Beach is the biggest. If you have never been to a boat parade I would suggest you get to your viewing spot early […]
Motel 6 is a huge chain of motels across America and became known to many for its folksy radio ads where they would end with the line “I will leave the light on for you.” The commercials were corny but they run for years and helped myself and many others remember the chain. Motel 6 […]
The commercial airport in Orange County is known to many locals as John Wayne airport after the famous movie actor and American hero that lived in Newport Beach here in Orange County. Apart from the name a statue which can be seen in the photo is also in the terminal building of the the airport. […]