Special to the NB Indy Few restaurants on the West Coast have reminded me of my family’s cooking quite like Il Barone. As ...

The world’s seas and oceans total 139 million square miles. Of that incomprehensible, undulating mass, 25-square miles belong ...

Outshine Public Relations, a nationally recognized agency dedicated exclusively to the culinary and hospitality industries, ...

Kennedy Contemporary gallery opened its doors in January 2021, when the pandemic was still a concern and many people remained ...

Newport Beach Independent writers won several awards at the annual Orange County Press Club’s Excellence in Journalism Awards ...

Every year for the past 12 years, Dotty MacDonald, 96, solicits her friends and neighbors for donations so she can purchase ...

It was a wicked night at the Pacific Symphony gala on Saturday, May 2, as the “Wicked” themed evening at the Hyatt Regency ...

Movies on the Beach at Crystal Cove. This summer Crystal Cove Conservancy invites families, artists, nature lovers, and lifelong learners to experience a season of creativity, exploration, and ...

Author Nancy Gardner. NB Indy file photo. Robert Gardner was a colorful judge in Orange County that loved to go bodysurfing—sometimes between hearing cases. Judge Gardner was also the author of “The ...

This Fourth of July marks our country’s 250 th Birthday, and a handful of local celebrations offer festive ways to commemorate the occasion. Lido Marina Village (July 2-3): Kick off the holiday ...

Andy Cohen (center) with the Real Housewives of Orange County. Photo by Chris Trela. Last June, the Newport Beach Film Festival launched its inaugural TV Festival, held at the Lido Theater. That ...

Lido Theater marquee. Photo by Bob Hodson. Where have all the Newport Beach movie palaces gone? The Balboa Theater began showing movies in the 1920s and turned into an art house showing classics and ...