Beach Boys

In the classics "Surfin' Safari" and "Surfin' U.S.A.," the Beach Boys immortalized Southern California's beaches for the pop music world. Among the sites mentioned in the lyrics are Huntington, Laguna, Doheny, La Jolla and Malibu -- almost an inventory of the lower West Coast. America's greatest surf band didn't name Newport Beach in either song, but on Sunday, Mike Love and his cohorts will play a major role in the city's history. The first event in the city's yearlong 100th birthday celebration, Let's Do Launch, to be held at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort, will climax with a performance by the Beach Boys on a stage overlooking the sea. For Love, the only remaining member of the original band, it's familiar territory.

NEWPORT BEACH - The Newport Beach Bullets came from behind to defeat the Beach Boys, 3-2, in AYSO Region 97 Division 4 action. Patrick Murphy scored on a nice pass from Jason Segura for the game-winning goal with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter. Jonathan Mena scored the Bullets' first two goals of the game, each to tie the score. Tyler Parker assisted on Mena's second goal. Christopher Vu scored two goals for the Beach Boys, with an assist from Weston Dunlap.

Newport Beach kicked off its year-long centennial celebration as any beach town should -- with an all-day beach party featuring games, food, fun and surf music from the Beach Boys. "They were looking for a band that was almost as old as Newport," joked Beach Boy Mike Love during a press briefing before the show. He added that it didn't take much convincing to get the Beach Boys to headline the concert, which was held at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort on Sunday.

Beach Boys top bill at Let's Do Launch The Newport Beach Centennial Committee is scheduled to begin selling tickets Monday for the Oct. 2 Let's Do Launch beach party. The Beach Boys have been booked to perform at the event, which is set to open a yearlong celebration of Newport Beach's 100th anniversary. Tickets are $15 per person. Children younger than 3 will be admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the Newport Beach Recreation Department at City Hall, Oasis Senior Center and on the Internet at www.newportbeach100.

Young Chang The names of these bands both begin with "B." Both originated in Southern California, are known around the world and have had chart-topping hits attached to Tom Cruise movies. And by Monday, Berlin lead singer Terri Nunn and the Beach Boys lead vocalist Mike Love will have one more thing in common. Both are scheduled to perform with their bands at the Taste of Newport in Newport Beach this weekend. That's pretty much where any similarity between these two groups end. Despite the Beach Boys' rocky ride in the past few decades, with ex-member Brian Wilson's struggles with drug-abuse and other episodes that led to group tension, the band has still managed to surface time and again.

Mastro's Steakhouse is one of the most popular social gathering spots in L.A.'s hip Westside. Last week, the upscale dining room debuted on the Orange Coast at a new Crystal Cove location. It's called Mastro's Ocean Club, and some 500 curious coasters poured in for a little opening night celebration. Executive chef Mark Lupino prepared a feast for the opening night crowd, serving an entire menu of selections, including steak and chops, and fresh seafood and shellfish.

The Let's Do Launch centennial celebration begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m. today at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort. Parking is available in the structures at 600 and 630 Newport Center Drive for $3 per car (vans will take people to Newport Dunes). The cost is $20 at the gate. For information, call (949) 644-3158. MAIN STAGE 11 a.m.: Natusol 11:45 a.m.: Steve Carson Band 12:45 p.m.: Orange County All-Stars 2 p.m.: Stonebridge Band 3:30 p.m.: The Beach Boys CHILDREN'S STAGE 11 a.m.: Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Genbu-Kai 12 p.m.: Arts & Learning Conservatory 1:30 p.m.: South Coast Music Together 2:30 p.m.: Kathy Williams EXHIBITION HALL STAGE 11 a.m.: Kathy Williams (children's music)

. Renowned Russian quintet to perform As part of the Newport Beach Arts Commission Concerts in the Park series, the Russian National Orchestra's Wind Quintet is scheduled to perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Corona del Mar's Grant Howald Park. Sergei Markov, the orchestra's chief executive officer, will join the quintet on stage to narrate "Wolf Tracks," a contemporary update to the classic tale of "Peter and the Wolf." The Russian National Orchestra's recording featuring "Peter and the Wolf" and "Wolf Tracks" has earned the group a Grammy.

Young Chang "A Taste of Newport" is more for visitors than Newport Beach residents. That's because if you live in Newport Beach, it's hard not to know there's a good restaurant around almost every corner. The annual food and entertainment festival is for nonresidents who need to be told where they can go for the best "Fandango Mango Chicken Salad" or "Blackberry Brandy Barbecue Sauce Coconut Shrimp." "It's a regional event, and that's exactly what we want it to be," said Richard Luehrs, president of the Newport Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce, which is hosting the 12th annual street fair today through Sunday at Fashion Island.

Taste of Newport can be for more than the stomach. Eyes and ears can have fun too. Three live musical acts are scheduled to perform each day of the three-day celebration of local cuisine. The announced headliners are singer Macy Gray on Friday, the 1980s throwback B-52s on Saturday, and rock act Hootie and the Blowfish on Sunday. Opening acts include surf music, R&B and cover bands. "We try to find bands that have a wide appeal, Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Vice President Jeff Parker said.

NEWPORT BEACH — Julian Dunn, 7, did a warm-up dance in his living room Friday morning to his favorite song, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me," by the '80s funk group the Gap Band. Julian, who has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for an aggressive form of cancer, was gearing up for a special visit at his Newport Beach home. The Game Bus, a converted school bus filled with video game consoles and big-screen TVs, stopped by to treat Julian and his friends to an hour of fun. Julian was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008.

COSTA MESA — Since the inception of the Orange Coast League in 2007, two track and field teams have won every time in league. Costa Mesa’s girls and Laguna Beach’s boys are those two dominant programs. Their winning ways in league ended Wednesday. Each can blame the final event, the girls’ and boys’ 1,600-meter relays for the change. The league’s regular-season finale featured a dramatic finish at Jim Scott Stadium. The Mustangs lost in the girls’ competition, 69-66.

September 18, 1948 – March 29, 2009 Dale passed unexpectedly on March 29, 2009 in the small village of San Juanico, Mexico, after a brief illness. Her death is contrary to what any of us can believe; she was a fun-loving person of extraordinary energy, who was always going full throttle at whatever she did. We pray that she didn’t suffer and will always regret that we were not able to be at her side. We have comfort in knowing that she was with friends who loved her and was laid to final rest in her beloved Mexico.

Clutching a stuffed dog, 5-year-old Newport Beach resident Julian Dunn sat in the audience for part of a concert at Newport Mesa Church on Saturday as a parade of grade-school pianists, singers and guitar players took the stage to raise money to pay his medical bills. “We’re here today to celebrate Julian’s fire,” Julian’s father, Richard Dunn said, pausing for a second as he choked back the tears. “He’s the sweetest human being on the face of the earth.

On a warm summer evening in June, Kerry Getz sang backup on an outdoor stage in Los Angeles with some of the most accomplished musicians in the world. Their names — Hal Blaine, Don Randi and Chuck Berghofer — may not have been familiar to the average listener, but their songs were: The legendary session players, part of the house band known as the Wrecking Crew, played on dozens of hits by the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas and other 1960s legends. Getz, a longtime Newport Beach resident, had no No. 1 hits on her résumé, but she got the Wrecking Crew gig through a personal connection: Her friend, Shawn Bryant, had recently supervised the music for a documentary on the band, and he arranged a live performance to follow the film’s premiere.

On a warm summer evening in June, Kerry Getz sang backup on an outdoor stage in Los Angeles with some of the most accomplished musicians in the world. Their names — Hal Blaine, Don Randi and Chuck Berghofer — may not have been familiar to the average listener, but their songs were: The legendary session players, part of the house band known as the Wrecking Crew, played on dozens of hits by the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas and other 1960s legends. Getz, a longtime Newport Beach resident, had no No. 1 hits on her résumé, but she got the Wrecking Crew gig through a personal connection: Her friend, Shawn Bryant, had recently supervised the music for a documentary on the band, and he arranged a live performance to follow the film’s premiere.

Japanese Motors sometimes sounds like a feel-good Southern California band in the long, proud history of Dick Dale and the Beach Boys (with a twist of Gang of Four and Richard Hell to make things interesting), and they’ve been compared to TSOL and Social Distortion, but that doesn’t mean the Costa Mesa-based foursome doesn’t have some deep thoughts on their minds as they tour America. “There is so much pretentious crap in the music scene, it makes you feel like you’re on a pre-civil rights bus ride or something.

The last thing Kasey Peters thought he’d be coveting on fall days in Billings, Mont. is ice. But when his week-day practice regimen calls for a couple hundred spirals a day, the junior trigger man for the Rocky Mountain College football team’s spread offense said his arm can sure use any restorative measures available. “On game days, my arm is never tired, because of the adrenaline,” said Peters, a former Newport Harbor High quarterback who led the NAIA in passing entering Saturday’s home loss to defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Carroll College.