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News | | August 27, 2010
NEWPORT BEACH — Sitting on an oversized plush chair in baseball legend Chuck Finley's Newport Beach home, actress Tawny Kitaen seems to be in a much different place than she was eight years ago. A soccer goal is visible in the backyard, and her daughter's art covers the refrigerator in the family home. Her adopted dog, Woody, nuzzles Kitaen as she talks about a new off-camera passion: helping others. A volunteer at Kathy's House, a shelter for at-risk women in San Juan Capistrano, and a member of the board of directors at Testimony Life Resources, an alternative counseling center, Kitaen appears to be a far cry from her role as the eccentric star of "The Surreal Life," or the woman battling a dependency on prescription pills on "Celebrity Rehab.
NEWS
| August 5, 2011
As previously announced, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts — formerly known as the Orange County Performing Arts Center — plans to celebrate its 25th anniversary season by selling 10,000 tickets to assorted events for $10, in a discount program dubbed "Access for All. " With the season looming at the Costa Mesa center — opening shows include the Emerson String Quartet (Sept. 21), Sonny Rollins (Sept. 25) and the San Francisco Ballet (Sept. 27-Oct. 2) — some details have emerged.
NEWS
| January 13, 2012
COSTA MESA - It's pretty impressive whenever a student of the Gracie Barra school of Brazilian jiu-jitsu gets a black belt. Even more impressive is when one of those students is 78. Gene Pace was awarded his black belt Thursday night during a ceremony after his regular twice-weekly class and sparring session at the Costa Mesa studio. More than 100 of Pace's friends and supporters showed up to see his milestone. "It was overwhelming. And last night... " Pace started with a pause, then laughed.
SPORTS
May 23, 2012
Several Pacific 12 Conference football programs are looking at Corona del Mar High junior standout defensive end Tim Reinhardt, Reinhardt's father, Bill, said in an email on Wednesday. Bill said the schools interested in Reinhardt, a 6-foot-4, 235-pounder, who can also play tight end, are Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Washington, Washington State, Colorado, USC and Oregon. Other schools following Reinhardt are San Diego State, University of San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada and UC Davis, Bill said.
NEWS
| May 17, 2012
A purl of knitting wisdom: Sometimes the pattern chooses the yarn and, other times, the yarn chooses the pattern. "It's a magical experience," said Jennifer Nimmrichter, owner of Suzoo's Wool Works, where towers of bright, rainbow-hued bundles obscure nearly every inch of wall space. When Nimmrichter took over her mom's knitting business in 2009, she found that it was time for a new pattern. The store was downsized from 2,400 square feet to about 900, and with the help of friend Joie Phillips, more classes and workshops were added to the line-up to transform the business into a true fiber arts studio, she said.
NEWS
October 23, 2001
Deepa Bharath NEWPORT BEACH -- A physician who runs her own private practice in the city and has been featured in the "Best Doctors in America" has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Costa Mesa man with a handgun and dousing him with pepper spray when he tried to serve her child-custody papers, officials said. Newport Beach police arrested Carol Ann Jackson, 49, on Aug. 25, 2000, in the 1500 block of Galaxy Drive after the incident, according to police reports.
NEWS
| December 17, 2011
Store honors owner's wife For 20 years, Corona del Mar's Concept Studio has reflected seasons and holidays with ever-changing lush displays incorporating greenery and apples, lemons and sunflowers. This year, the Christmas decorations at the shop at 2720 E. Coast Hwy. pay tribute to the woman described as the genius behind the beauty, Karen Goddard, who died Sept. 22. "My wife was very positive, very creative, very energetic," said Concept Studio owner Richard Goddard.
SPORTS
| May 19, 2012
Some of the best water polo players in the world are coming to Newport Harbor High next weekend. With the weeks dwindling until the London Olympics, the Newport Beach Water Polo club is working on making it into a Memorial Day weekend to remember. The club is hosting a three-day, pre-Olympic water polo showcase at Newport Harbor starting Saturday. Three of the top men's national teams in the world — Team USA, Hungary and Croatia — will be participating. Robert Lynn can't wait.
SPORTS
| May 18, 2012
Earlier this week, before Parker Brown's jump serve, a couple of rowdy fans in the visiting bleachers yelled at the most fit player on the court. "No. 1 is on steroids!" the fans said together. There was a time last year when Brown said he was on drugs all the time. Without needing to leave his own two feet to smash a shot, the outside hitter was high on the volleyball court. Before matches, Brown said he smoked marijuana. After matches, he said he smoked out again.
NEWS
| January 3, 2012
Camp James, an Orange County summertime staple in Irvine, is moving to Newport Beach to make way for the development of new apartments. The popular children's summer day camp will call the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina home when it opens for the summer. "We are very excited that our camp is relocating to the Newport Dunes," camp co-Director Scottie Roach wrote in an email. "We loved our home of 27 years, but we are thrilled to call the Newport Dunes our new home!
NEWS
| May 19, 2012
When Kate Batstone came home from a service learning trip to Ecuador two years ago, she struggled to re-adapt to Orange County's culture of affluence. "It's really hard to come home when you're leaving behind so many problems," Batstone, 18, said. "You really want to stay. Orange County is so nice. There's unbelievable shopping and spending. I was so angry at the wastefulness. " Batstone, a student at the Jewish community day school Tarbut V'Torah in Irvine, is going on her second service learning trip with 23 other classmates next month.
ENTERTAINMENT
| May 24, 2012
3-D Theatricals' production of "A Chorus Line" celebrates the unsung heroes of the ensemble by breathing new life into a singular sensation that transcends time. The show is playing through Sunday at Fullerton's Plummer Auditorium. "A Chorus Line" was an instant success when it first opened on Broadway in 1975. The production won nine Tony Awards, including "Best Musical," the Pulitzer Prize for drama, and is credited as the longest running American-produced Broadway musical.
NEWS
May 16, 2012
The Newport Beach Citizens Bicycle Safety Committee should include at least one member who does not ride a bicycle on the streets of Newport Beach for recreation or commuting. After all, we non-bicyclists contribute monies, through our taxes, which pay for all of those never-ending miles and miles of bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, bicycle markings and other alleged "safety measures. " Presently, bicycle riders are getting a "free ride. " Bicyclists are the only group who share the road but don't pay their fair share.
ENTERTAINMENT
| May 17, 2012
"It's not over 'till you're underground It's not over before it's too late This city's burnin' It's not my burden It's not over before it's too late" — Green Day, "Letterbomb" * Punk band Green Day skyrocketed to fame in the 1990s, but is winning over an entirely new audience with its latest offering: a Broadway musical. But their "American Idiot" is a far cry from "Camelot. " It's a gritty, urban-inspired show that uses the same punk songs that made the band famous, and adds more than a smattering of simulated drug use, strong language and other adult situations.
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