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While we hate to give such news during Christmas, after careful consideration, we think it is important for children young and old to know where the Grinches are this Christmas– and every day of the year. As we wrote that the Chamber has no authority to cancel the Newport Beach Boat Parade, back on November 19th, our article got tons …

Tonight is the first alignment of Jupiter and Saturn, resulting our perspective off both of them sharing a single spot in the sky, resembling a very bright star to the Southwest.   The best viewing time for this is right after sunset today, which will begin at 4:48pm– the higher the elevation the better, to escape cloud cover and pollution. While …

The Newport Beach Boat Parade is upon us!  The schedule for varying groups is fairly consistent, beginning Wednesday, December 16th from 6:30 to 9pm, and continuing until Sunday, December 20th from 6:30 to 9pm– the same schedule as originally planned earlier this year. As everyone is quickly becoming aware, the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is most definitely *not* cancelled.  …

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 …