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unusual facts about Balboa Island, Newport Beach


Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead (January 8, 1892, Garfield, New Jersey – July 8, 1952, Balboa Island, California) was an American movie producer, associate producer and assistant director.


California State Route 73

After leaving the state park, SR 73 straddles the border between Irvine and Newport Beach and provides easy access to University of California, Irvine through the Bison Avenue exit.

Courage Campaign

Occupy Golf Course--While he was holding a fundraiser for wealthy donors during a visit to the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, California, Courage confronted Republican House Speaker John Boehner with almost 30,000 signatures demanding that he hold a vote on President Obama's American Jobs Act.

Diamante Music Group

Diamante Music Group was a Newport Beach, California based independent record label distributor active from 1993 through 2004.

John Swallow

In May 2013, Marc Sessions Jenson (who was convicted in 2008 of defrauding millions from investors) turned receipts over to the FBI he claims show that in 2009 he gave Swallow free meals, massages, golf outings and rooms at a gated Newport Beach villa.

Ju Jun

All 143 units were sold within a month of going on sale, in a phenomenon the Beijing media called "The Orange Storm." Designed by architect Aram Bassenian, who hails from Newport Beach, California in Orange County, California, the Orange County development is an example of wealthy Chinese adopting the suburban American built form.

Marian Bergeson

A resident of Newport Beach, California, Bergeson and her husband, Garth, have four children (Nancy, Garth Jr., Julie, and James) and eleven grandchildren.

Meyers Manx

Drawing on his experience in sailboat construction, Meyers personally modeled and built his first dune buggy, "Old Red", a shortened VW Beetle with a monocoque, fiberglass shell and Chevrolet pickup truck suspension, in late 1963 to May 1964 in his garage in Newport Beach, California.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District

Newport-Mesa Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California, United States, that mainly serves the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

San Diego Creek bicycle path

It is the major bicycle backbone of Irvine and connects major points such as Newport Beach, University of California, Irvine, Boomers, Colonel Bill Barber Park, Irvine Civic Center, The Crossroads Shopping Center, Woodbridge High School, Woodbridge Community Park, Atria Senior Residential Area, Windrow Community Park, Irvine Medical Complex, and ultimately, Irvine Spectrum Center.

Smiffenpoofs

Following their March 2, 2006 performance in Brattleboro, Vermont, the Smiffenpoofs were praised in the Brattleboro Reformer: "The Smiffenpoofs are as tight and refined as a group can be. They are champagne and caviar, Newport Beach and Rolls Royce."

Transpacific Yacht Club

The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the nautical heritage of Newport Harbor, Balboa, southern California and the eastern Pacific through stimulating exhibitions, and inspiring education programs pertaining to nautical arts, artifacts, events and customs.

Turbonilla halistrepta

The type species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Newport, California.

Zander Kirkland

He later moved to Newport Beach, California, where he worked as youth sailing director for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club and as sailing coach at Newport Harbor High School.


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