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Newport Beach Independent News

  • Roy Emerson Adoption Guild Tennis Classic

    Special to the Indy by OCSocialScene. The Adoption Guild of Southern Orange County kicked off the 52nd Annual Roy Emerson Adoption Guild Tennis Classic last Saturday, May 25, with its Tournament during the day, and rocking Kick-Off Party that evening. Opening rounds were held at Palisades and Newport Beach Tennis Clubs. Under balmy skies and [...]

  • Underpaid Staff?

    Staff needs a raise? No! May it never be! Really? In the land of $200,000 life guards? The OC Register published a story last week on the budget and discovered an ongoing study that the city started last fall on what city employees should get paid. And Surprise…. The city staff is UNDERPAID. I wonder [...]

  • Stop Polluting Our Newport

    I attended the annual SPON (Stop Polluting our Newport) meeting this month. This is a community based group of people who have been involved since 1974 protecting, preserving, and informing local citizens about how we can best preserve the charm and beauty of our city.  It all started in 1974 after a torrential rainstorm filled [...]

Laguna Beach Independent News

  • Pact Allows More Airport Passengers

    Laguna Beach residents who daily wake to the sound of planes overhead just after 7 a.m. likely take little comfort in knowing that the onslaught could begin earlier. A curfew agreement, which stipulates take-off times no earlier than 7 a.m., is up for renewal and part of negotiations underway with John Wayne Airport, according to [...]

  • Reggae Powered “Redz” Unplugs

    Bass player Eric Morton, co-founder of the influential Laguna Beach-based Rebel Rockers reggae band, died Thursday, June 6, after a long battle with liver disease. He was close to 60, though he declined to discuss his age. Morton, known as Redz, performed with and married lead singer Deborah Sullivan, known as Princess. Together with keyboard [...]

  • Night Beams With Bountiful Benevolence

    By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   A 66-year history serves as testament to one of Laguna Beach’s special traditions, now an ingrained coming of age ritual for the town’s high school graduates. Witness the $328,955 in scholarships awarded at Laguna Beach High School’s Honors Convocation last week to 107 graduates, the largest sum in [...]