Christopher Trela

The Balboa Bay Resort kicks off the summer season this Memorial Day weekend with the 20th Anniversary of the Newport Beach Wine Festival. This year’s Wine Festival features an exclusive wine dinner with special guest Jean-Charles Boisset, Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year and the proprietor of the Boisset Collection, which operates more […]

Love tacos? Don’t miss the 32nd Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night, where the tacos are wild, the fun is endless, and the cause is meaningful. This is your opportunity to give back by supporting Share Ourselves’ mission of providing accessible health and social services to those in need. Enjoy live entertainment, all-you-can eat tacos […]

Word has gotten out: families love Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store! Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store, founded in Newport Beach, has been recognized as the #1 Family Restaurant in California and #11 Best Family Restaurant in the U.S by Yelp. The national list, published in May 2025, highlights the top restaurants that families across the country love […]

When he’s not busy being the face of Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, Newport Beach resident and Wahoo’s co-founder Wing Lam loves to give back to community organizations by participating in wine and food events. This weekend, May 31 and June 1, Lam will be grilling for charity at the 20th LAWineFest that takes place at Harry […]

With the Federal Government implementing sweeping changes to federal regulations and program funding, what is the impact on local governmental agencies? What changes can we expect? How will the local agencies adapt? Come hear three local experts discuss the impacts on Orange County and the City of Newport Beach. The evening features Peter Demarco, OC […]

This week, the dining column is launching a series focusing on Orange County’s top business lunch standouts—spots where C-suite executives, managing partners, entrepreneurs and philanthropists conduct business outside the board room.

Members of OC’s business community began enjoying power lunches and memorable dinners at Il Barone, with Donatella serving as the unofficial greeter and Franco creating culinary masterpieces in the kitchen.

The city of Newport Beach has had a robust CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training program since 1999. The program trains residents to effectively respond during emergencies. Over the past 25 years, the CERT program has trained over 1,500 residents in essential skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. […]

For the past 25 years comedian Rita Rudner has been a house-filling favorite in Las Vegas, selling nearly two-million tickets on her way to becoming the longest-running solo female comedy show in the history of Las Vegas (she was named Las Vegas Comedian of the Year nine years in a row). Rita has filled Carnegie […]

Dance lovers are familiar with “Swan Lake,” the classic ballet with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but there are various versions of “Swan Lake” performed by ballet companies around the world. Miami City Ballet is bringing yet another “Swan Lake” to Segerstrom Center for the Arts for five performances June 20-22, but this one is […]