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May 16, 2013
Lindsay Lohan Won't Have Newport Rehab to Kick Around Much Longer if City Gets Its Way
It's a good thing Lindsay Lohan blew off Morningside Recovery for the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage because the Newport Beach rehab may have closed with her in it!Following an Orange County Superior Court judge's preliminary ruling that the Lido Village location violates city law, Newport Beach ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2013
Lemonade To Open At Fashion Island This Summer
Lemonade, a gourmet cafeteria serving seasonal Southern California comfort food, is expected to open at Fashion Island come mid-July. It will be chef Alan Jackson's twelfth location and his first one outside of Los Angeles. With nearly 4,000 square feet, the restaurant will be one of the chain's l ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2013
Petition Drive Launched to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand to Newport Beach
As a guest food blogger brilliantly reported on the Weekly's Stick a Fork In It, NetFlix is promoting new Arrested Development episodes by taking Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand to London, New York and Los Angeles. That's sparked a petition drive to bring the stand to the wacky family's "hometo ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2013
Spotted in OC: A Bruxië-Esque 'Waffle Taco' At Taco Bell
Is Taco Bell trying to slide onto Bruxië's turf? A Waffle Taco was spotted on the breakfast menu at locations in Newport Beach and Santa Ana. It's a folded round waffle filled with a sausage patty and scrambled eggs, served with a packet of syrup. Instagrammer Sarah Chavez, whose photo was picked ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2013
5 Best Orange County Places Based on State Pollution and Demographic Data
The state EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has an online mapping tool that allows Californians to see a detailed report card for the places they frequent. A "pollution burden score," which is based on 11 environmental-quality measurements, is combined with demographic indicator ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2013
Drew Colston Stelp Accused of Cross-County Robbery, Police Chase, Double Homicide Spree
Drew Colston Stelp is one bad mofo. The 51-year-old already had a felony strike on his record when he launched into what authorities describe as a drug- and drink-fueled, cross-county crime spree that included a home-invasion robbery of his sister's place in Garden Grove, a police chase in Newport B ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2013
[UPDATED with Costa Mesa Arrests:] Can You Say Carmasobrietycheckpointfilmfestmarchfor-
babiesgeddon? Get Ready to Friday Night
See the update on page 2 with stats from Costa Mesa's DUI checkpoint.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 26, 2:29 P.M.: While they may not pack as extreme a nightmare as, say, playing an Angel game at the Big A at the same time Rihanna is singing in the Honda Center and the last remnants of the evening rush hour a ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2013
Newport Beach Film Festival: Punk's Not Dead--It's On Broadway
For the first time in its fourteen-year long history, the Newport Beach Film Festival kicked off the year's season with a documentary film that packs as much wallop and frenetic energy as a mosh pit circle. Director Doug Hamilton's Broadway Idiot follows world-famous punk band Green Day as their al ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2013
"OCC Shorts" Bundles Another Rich Program for Its 10th Newport Beach Film Festival Run
A comedy about a narcissist who meets his match, an actioner about a high school student out for revenge, dramas about an abused girl caring for her cancer-striken father and a lonely, self-harming girl with an imaginary friend, as well as documentaries about an adult female surfing club, the craft ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2013
Newport Beach Film Festival Seeks Volunteers
Are you an "enthusiastic film lover?" If so, the Newport Beach Film Festival wants you. With the 14th annual festival just nine days away, organizers are putting out a call for volunteers.
Blogs
March 18, 2013
Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana To Open In Crystal Cove
Mozza, Ortica, Il Dolce, meet your newest competitor. A new pizzeria by the name of Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana is planned for Crystal Cove Promenade in Newport Beach, and they're pretty much offering what every new pizza joint that isn't Pielogy and 800 Degrees is offering these days: pizz ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On the Battle Over Newport Beach's Fire Pits!
The last time I hung out at Newport Beach's fire pits was in 2002, when I was trying to date some Vietnamese chick who had a problem with me because her parents hated Mexicans. Haven't been down there at nighttime since, mostly because my preferred beaches are Laguna and Seal, but I've always loved ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2013
Coastal Commission Delays Fire Rings' Ruling
Deciding it wants to await a state Air Quality Management District decision on Newport Beach's fire rings, the California Coastal Commission on Wednesday postponed its own ruling on the controversial pits.Meeting at a San Diego resort--commission meeting sites rotate up and down the Golden State's v ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2013
Restaurant Roll Call for February 2013
Compared to other months, February seemed slow on restaurant openings, or at least that's what it felt like. Here's our monthly roundup of eateries that we noticed were new; and one restaurant we noticed closed. Do you see any we neglected to list on either front? Share them in the comments.
Blogs
February 27, 2013
Coastal Commission May Douse Newport Beach Bid to Remove Beach Fire Rings
Who knew the California Coastal Commission was lord of the rings?Fire rings, that is.Specifically, the 60 fire pits the City of Newport Beach wants removed from the Balboa Pier area and Corona del Mar State beaches because they are proving to be a liability in these sue-happy times.
Blogs
February 5, 2013
Beware of Guys Offering to do Cheap Auto Body Work in Your Driveway
It's not often you read a police report about a criminal you remember standing on your driveway (unless you are Carlos Bustamante out there, holding a mirror), but I experienced it reading about a fellow who is apparently trying to a pull a con with on-the-spot auto body work in Newport Beach reside ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2013
Robert Pimentel, Retired Teacher Accused of Having Sexually Abused a Dozen Girls in LA, Allegedly Victimized One of Them in OC, Too
Newport Beach retiree Robert Pimentel, who is fighting charges he touched at least 12 little girls sexually during his Los Angeles Unified School District teaching career, committed lewd acts on one of the victims in Orange County, according to authorities. Already facing criminal counts tied to tha ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
[UPDATED W/AYSO Response, Weekly Retraction] Robert Pimental, Accused Pervert LA Teacher, Heavily Involved in Newport Beach Youth Soccer
See the end of this post for an update...ORIGINAL POST, JAN 25, 8 A.M.: Coker brought you the story of Robert Pimental, a former Los Angeles elementary school teacher and current Newport Beach resident accused of molesting multiple students and one that district officials canned after the heat becam ... More >>
Calendar
January 24, 2013
Working Wardrobes Smart Women 2013 Launch
Pacific Club
Blogs
January 14, 2013
Katherine Ann Heinzel, Ex-Newport Beach Cop Who Won Discrimination Case, is Prison-Bound
Katherine Ann Heinzel--a former Newport Beach policewoman who successfully sued the city for discrimination, won an $150,000 court award and was allowed to take disability retirement--is headed to state prison for nine years. The 51-year-old, who retired to the Riverside County town of Winchester ne ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2012
Cherie Kerr, OC Crazies Founder, Bowls for Big Screen Strike and Fest Bid with We've Got Balls
Spooner, the first feature film from Santa Ana and Newport Beach born and raised filmmaker Drake Doremus (Douchebag, Like Crazy), played at the Lido Theatre during the April 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival.The director cut his incisors as a youth making original children's plays that he staged at h ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2012
Tomoo Kawai, Accused Dirty Diaper Dumper, Arraigned
Police and prosecutors believe a wealthy Newport Coast resident being arraigned this morning is the dirty diaper dumper of North Coast Highway.Tomoo Kawai, 68, faces a misdemeanor count of disposing of prohibited material--which in this case would be soiled adult diapers that have polluted the thoro ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2012
Safieh Fard, Who Copped to Family Mortgage Scam Then Withdrew Plea, is Found Guilty
A year ago, jewelry store owner Safieh Fard did something her sister and two of her sons did the year before: plead guilty in Santa Ana federal court to charges related to mortgage scams the family pulled with Newport Beach oceanfront properties for years. But heading into sentencing, the then-50-ye ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2012
Tesla Motors Becomes OC Weekly's Second-Coolest Neighbor
Time was, OC Weekly world headquarters was the coolest, most-Earth-friendly place in our neighborhood, which is in the area of Kalmus, Pullman and Red Hill in Costa Mesa.Then came the Mother's Market distribution facility, now the second coolest, most-Earth-friendly place at Kalmus and Pullman. Now ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2012
High Ground Follows Wounded Warriors to a Healing Place ... Up a Himalayan Mountain
High Ground follows 11 wounded warriors and one Gold Star Mom who heal from the ravages of war by climbing 20,000-foot Mt. Lobouche in the Himalayas."Along with recounting their wartime experiences, they find friendship, and healing on the journey," says Kanani Fong, the military and veteran outrea ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2012
Sun Sets on Newport Beach Having the Most Expensive Zip Code
It should surprise no one that four of the five most expensive zip codes in Orange County are in Newport Beach, but the fact none in Newps took the top spot may cause some to pause.The location of the most expensive zip code, based on median sales prices, is after the jump . . .
Blogs
October 11, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Terry A. Newhouse Commits Suicide After 7-Hour Standoff with Police at Balboa Coves
See the update at the end of this post identifying the deceased as Terry A. Newhouse.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 2, 11:36 A.M.: One does not normally associate the tony Balboa Coves gated community--where current real estate listings show homes going for $1 million to $3 million each--with the kind of vio ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2012
Vanessa Bryant Selling One of 3 Houses She Got in Kobe Bryant Settlement
Vanessa Bryant is reportedly selling one of three Newport Coast properties she received in her divorce settlement with off-again/on-again husband? Kobe Bryant. No one had been living in the five-bedroom, Mediterranean-style home that was built in 1999, sits on a quarter of an acre in a gated ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2012
The Day a $2.2 Million Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Came to My Hood
Don't know if you saw this last month, but it mentions how a Ferrari and Maserati dealership moved out in my 'hood (to across the street from OC Weekly World HQ) and was promptly replaced by a Lamborghini dealer.Jenna Jameson Drives Stolen Maserati: SuitThough most cars on the lot at 1425 W. Baker S ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2012
Guess Where I Ate; Win Tickets to OC Weekly's Decadence Party THIS FRIDAY!
This Friday, OC Weekly will be hosting our annual Decadence party at the Fairmont in Newport Beach. Free food! Hot chicks! Hot guys! Booze! And more!Tickets go for quite some moolah, but I got TWO tickets for the person who can identify the name of the business that makes these bacon-wrapped hot dog ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2012
Dwight Howard Drops in 20 ... as in Million$ for Newport Coast Estate?
So, the purple-and-gold carpool is complete: Kobe Bryant will drive from whichever Newport Coast estate his wife Vanessa is allowing him to stay in over to Dwight Howard's supposed Newport Coast estate, pick up the Lakers new superstar center and then cruise over to John Wayne Airport.They'll then b ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Did Stoner Sailor Cause the Mysterious Newport-Ensenada Boat Crash?
That's the question Orange County Register readers are asking themselves, thanks to an Aug. 1 story in the paper headlined "Marijuana found in body of Newport-Ensenada sailor," a reference to the crash of the Aegean, which set sail from Newport Beach along with dozens of other boats on April 27 but ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Port Theatre Goes Dark for the [M]asses Again
The new old Port Theatre of Corona del Mar is ready to have the butts of locals fill its seats again.Opened in 1950 along Pacific Coast Highway and closed for the past 14 years, the Port opens to the public Friday with a slate of films including Bernie, First Position and Safety Not Guaranteed, acco ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Restaurant Roll Call for June 2012
Our monthly roll call is a little late, but here it is: what we observed on this thing called a food blog. There were several openings this month, with a lot of them in Newport Beach. Our short roster of German restaurants became even shorter when Barth's shuttered, replaced by a Thai joint.The full ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2012
[VIDEO:] Newport Beach Police Recruitment Video Goes Viral ... in Mocking Fashion
A human resources department would normally rejoice if one of its recruitment videos went viral.But in the case of the latest online tool from the Newport Beach Police Department, "rejoice" isn't quite the right word.Recruitment videos for Navy SEALs are less, as one horrified clip viewer put it, "f ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2012
TapShack, Self-Serve Beer Bar, Opens In Newport Beach
As I hinted back in April, a new beer pub called TapShack (a sister of a bigger restaurant called TapHouse planned for Huntington Beach) has now opened in the space left behind by The Arches in Newport Beach.
Blogs
June 20, 2012
Pandor Boulangerie Brings French Breads to Newport Beach
Though we have lots of great ethnic food in Orange County, great French food is hard to come by. Spurred by the dirth of worthwhile French breads in these Orange Acres, Raffi and Tiffany Sepetjian decided to open a bakery and make their own. Pandor Artisan Boulangerie & Café opened Monday in Ne ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2012
Newport Beach Film Festival News and Notes
Random notes, observations and stuff plucked off the cutting room floor from the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs through Thursday night.The hierarchy of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion is the main antagonist in Macky Alston's excellent documentary Love Free or Die, which is a ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Tapshack, Self-Serve Beer Bar, To Open Soon in The Arches Space in Newport
The Daily Pilot has revealed what will replace the space left behind by The Arches in Newport Beach. It will be a new beer pub called the Tapshack that operates on a novel self-serve system. "Tapshack, at 1617 Westcliff Drive, will feature 26 draft beers, including self-pour taps on an outdoor ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Newport Beach Film Festival Opens Cloudy with a Chance of Matzo Balls
The 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival opening night: very Jewy.Not that there's anything wrong with that.The 13th annual festival opened at Big Newport Thursday night with the world premiere of director/co-writer/co-producer Bryan Fogel's Jewtopia, which had an overflow audience next door to the larg ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Newport Beach Film Fest Opens Tonight, But You Never Would Have Thunk It Days Ago
The week-long 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival opens tonight with a Big Newport presentation of Jewtopia, one of 16 world premieres at the 13th annual event, followed by the boozy, schmoozy opening night gala at Fashion Island.However, to be in the busy festival offices across from John Wayne Airpor ... More >>
Film
April 19, 2012
Newport Beach Film Festival's Sounds and Fury
Its music series makes more noise
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Newport Beach Film Festival Issues Casting Call for Volunteers
A lot of films--more than 400, in fact--will be screened at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival. And a lot of volunteers will be needed to present those films April 26-May 3 at various Newps and Costa Mesa locations.Which is where you may come in.
Blogs
March 20, 2012
Newport Beach Film Fest Goes Freeway Dancing
Every spring, the Newport Beach Film Festival exposes hidden cinematic gems to local audiences, and the 13th run coming up April 26-May 3 will no doubt provide many more of the same. But, let's face it, clunkers do somehow make it into the lineup, something that is bound to happen when you are sh ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
Haeyoon Miller's Family Files Claims in Death by Tree Crushing Car
I guess the biggest surprise is it took this long: six months after a Blue Gum Eucalyptus crushed to death 29-year-old Haeyoon Miller in her car, her parents filed separate claims against the City of Newport Beach.Lawyers representing Miller's father, Kang Nam-Ku of Seoul, South Korea, do not spe ... More >>
News
March 15, 2012
Newport Coast Offers Stunning Ocean Views and an Arsenic Mystery
[Moxley Confidential] Wealthy mother Anna D. Steiner, who complained about the poisoning of her children, finds herself in a police-state nightmare
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Newport Surgeon Gives Daughter a Boob Job For Her 18th Birthday
For her 18th birthday, Brittani Niccole got not just one but two gifts from her dad. New boobs. It's just one of the, um, perks, of being the daughter of Newport Beach plastic surgeon Michael Niccole. Yes, Michael performed the procedure, and then went on ABC's 20/20 to reinforce every sad ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Newport Coast Squatters Featured in Weekly Hugged by OC Judge
The jobless couple who brazenly took over an empty multimillion-dollar, oceanview Newport Coast home, pretended it was theirs and mocked the Newport Beach Police Department have acknowledged criminal conduct in exchange for a sweetheart deal from Orange County's most notorious judge: Robert R. Fi ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Ryan Merriman of Final Destination 3 Slapped with DUI Charges
We told you in November about Final Destination 3 star and Pretty Little Liars cad Ryan Merriman getting popped for DUI in Newport Beach.Now, the Chocktaw, Oklahoma-born 28-year-old has learned the charges against him: two counts of driving under the influence with a sentencing enhancement for bl ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Balboa Bay Club and Newport Beach Country Club Sale to Chinese Investor Reportedly Off
We had fun in August with the venerable Balboa Bay Club & Resort and Newport Beach County Club reportedly being snatched up by Chinese investor Winston Chung.Alas, it seems that deal is off.And in what may be a recent first, it was not grubby Americans with patches over their trouser knees th ... More >>
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