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2 unusual facts about Corona del Mar, Newport Beach


Fariborz Maseeh

He has developed and funds a number of new operating businesses for social causes including Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (www.kida.com), a school for autistic children in Irvine, California; as well as the Port Theater in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach.

William G. Kerckhoff

The Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach is named in his honor, as is the W.G. Kerchoff at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany.


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.

Corona del Mar, Newport Beach

The Lost Dogs paid tribute to Corona del Mar on their 2006 album, The Lost Cabin and the Mystery Trees, with the song "Only One Bum In Corona del Mar."

It is the setting for the Fox series Arrested Development as well as residence of Martine and Dustin Rhodes in the Dean Koontz novel False Memory.

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.

Vivi-Anne Hultén

She died on 15 January 2003 at age 91 of heart failure in Corona del Mar, California where she had moved to be with her son, Gene Theslof, and her two grandchildren, Tyler and Nick Theslof

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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