TONIGHT is the peak night to watch the Perseid meteor shower! (It will continue until the 14th, but tonight is really “the night”!). The moon will set at 12:28am tonight– so we should be getting a very clear view, too! You can best view the Perseids by looking towards the Persues constellation, at a direction of Northeast around the time of midnight. Maximum meteors: …
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Watching the Olympic games? Of course you are. Here are some fun Olympic facts from right here in our hometown: Newport Beach, with a population of about 87,000 produced 7 Olympians this year, or about 1 Olympian for every 12,428 people. Team USA has 554 members from a US population of 318.9M, or about 1 Olympian for every 575,631 people. So, Newport Beach …
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Sunday, August 7th is the the day the world-famous Hi Time Wine Cellar Chili Cookoff is happens from noon until 5pm! The 10th annual celebration goes to benefit the Boys and Girls Club in the harbor area. Last year, the event raised over $35,000 and in 2014 over $23,000! Hopes are this year will even surpass that. Admission is cash only and is $10 to …
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It seems that Saturday afternoon between 1pm and 6pm, the MegaYacht called Invictus moored up next to the Lido Isle bridge. The yacht is owned by Rick Caruso, builder of “The Grove”, and carries over 50,000 gallons of fuel, powered by twin Caterpillar 3516 main engines. This gives the beast a 5,000 nautical mile range at 12knots (14mph). The five-story yacht measures an eye-popping …
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The Heartfelt Cardiac Project is donating their time for the kids/families of Newport Beach & the surrounding areas tomorrow. The low cost to free & has saved many lives by diagnosing silent but deadly heart issues in kids, teens & their families (normally $1,500). Thank you to Newport resident Heather Maves for bringing this to my attention. Heather got involved after …
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Monday the city held a meeting at the Seabase located at the Newport Sea Base on PCH to discuss the future of Mariner’s Mile. The city decided that the area was in dire need of redevelopment– right after a large land purchase was made by a developer. Before the meeting, several citizens wrote in to me about their concern and suspicion …
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In 2015, Keith Curry came up with an idea to stop the taxation increases that kept being pushed forward by Team Newport (or, as I like to call them, Team New-to-Newport), which includes things like the 15% increase that was implemented in our parking meter rates at their behest almost immediately after they took office, or the Dock Tax implemented under their power …
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Newport has a lot of great dogs in need of great homes and great owners… And we’ve got the perfect pup for you to rescue who desperately needs a forever home. From the shelter: “Halo is an approximately 1 year old female who is currently in foster care — her foster says this about her: she is so happy to be given a …
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A few weeks ago I sat down with the fine people who run CostaMesaBrief. They are the local organization that covers Newport/Mesa events and were also the ones who were kind enough to film the Ben Carlson Lifeguard Statue Unveiling. I sat down with Newport resident and activist Sandy Asper, who did a great job of asking the questions that get straight to …
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It’s been a rough few weeks for restaurants in Newport. First a huge fire at Ho Sum Bistro, then a fire at Bayside Restauraunt, and this morning, a car drove into the side of the place best known for their famous burgers, but most frequented for their beers– Cassidy’s. The accident occurred just after 9am this morning as the Prius from AAA jumped …
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