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Last night, councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem (vice-mayor) Brad Avery offered up by Dixon for mayor.  O’Neill was re-nominated by incoming Councilman Mayor Blom.  He gave solid reasons for re-electing O’Neill, but ultimately O’Neill declined.  After Councilpeople Muldoon, Dixon, and Brenner spoke in favor of Avery (Brenner said she was going to support O’Neill until O’Neill declined), Avery was appointed …

  Thanksgiving is always great, and the leftovers leave us stuffed for days afterwards, but Thanksgiving can’t last forever, and unless you enjoy food poisoning, any leftovers in your fridge from Thanksgiving should probably be thrown out now.  According to StillTasty, a website dedicated to cataloging shelf-life for foods, that leftover turkey has got to go!  Here’s a handy chart …

For those who don’t have family out here or are simply unable to join them, here are a list of establishments to get yo turkey on today: First, for everyone off to an early start, C’est si Bon is open in the morning– until 1:45pm Blackies.  Their annual “Gettin Wasted While Your Turkey is Basted” is fun for the single people out there, and …

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think …

No, the Boat Parade is not cancelled.  In fact, it sounds like there are *several groups* doing the boat parade this year after the Chamber of Commerce decided they would drop out of marketing the event.  This is not a list for any single one of the groups, but a conglomerate list from all the groups that we have been …

On Saturday morning at 9:17am, you may hear a sonic boom, as Vandenberg Air Force Base is scheduled to launch Falcon 9 rocket. Following liftoff, the Falcon 9 will rise vertically for several seconds before it gradually pitches over and heads towards the south-southwest as it parallels the coast. If the launch goes as planned, the rocket will place NASA’s …

Contrary to popular reports, the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade lives on.  This year, the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce announced that it would not be *managing* the Boat Parade this year– But that’s perfectly fine, because the Newport Beach Boat Parade wasn’t started by the Chamber.  The role the Chamber has played is lobbying the City of Newport Beach …

On November 23– three days before Thanksgiving– magician Jack Velour will be giving thanks to restaurant workers, hosting a free, full-length magic show to honor those who have served our community on the front lines throughout the pandemic. This appreciation event is the first and only free show Velour has ever offered, which shows just how much he appreciates (and …

This morning, the rhetoric increased in the presidential race, with Donald Trump accusing an oddly-named electronic voting machine company called “Dominion” of deleting 2.7 million votes for him, nationwide, alleging “treasonous” activities had occurred. There is– so far– very little digestible evidence to prove this case, meaning this has two possible outcomes: No further evidence is given, making this election …

We are sad to report that Circle K on Balboa Blvd and PCH has closed permanently, reportedly due to a rent increase.  Their last day open was yesterday, November 9th. To clear the inventory, they issued eye-popping discounts of 75% on all store merchandise.  Don’t worry, you didn’t miss out on alcohol or tobacco price drops, because those were long-gone …