Concert will benefit young Costa Mesan...
Concert will benefit young Costa Mesan
Caddy Wampuss, an alternative rock band from Southern California,
will head up a benefit concert at 9 p.m. Aug. 23 at Hard Rock Cafe in
Newport Beach.
The event will raise money for Leilani Gutierrez, a 4-year-old
Costa Mesa girl who became a quadriplegic after a car collision
caused injuries to her head and chest.
“Our goal is to generate enough buzz for this event so that we can
provide the family with a very helpful donation,” said Toad, a singer
with the band, in a press release. “We are musicians, but more
importantly, we’re human beings that need to help.”
All proceeds of the event will go to the Leilani benefit.
Tickets for the event are $10 at the door and $5 with a flier from
the band’s Web site www.caddywampuss.com.
Newport Beach event will host candidates
The first candidates forum for the upcoming Newport Beach City
Council election will be presented by the Little Balboa Island
Property Owners Assn. on Saturday in the side yard of a private home
at 106 Crystal Ave. on the little island. The event will begin with
coffee and socializing at 9:30 a.m., followed by a formal program at
10 a.m. The event will be the first of up to 20 candidates forums to
take place throughout the city in anticipation of the November City
Council elections. Information:
www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/home.htm.
Conference and visitors bureau earns award
The Newport Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau has won the Gold
Service Award of the Meetings & Conventions Magazine for the second
year in a row. Every year, the magazine selects 80 conference and
visitors bureaus from throughout the world for service as measured by
professionalism, transportation planning assistance, local attraction
knowledge, support for hotel site inspections and interacting with
area vendors and services. Information: (800) 942-6278 or
www.newportbeach-cvb.com.
Brain protein missing in schizophrenia patients
Patients with schizophrenia have been found to have lower levels
of a pivotal brain protein in a study completed by scientists at UC
Irvine and several other universities.
The protein DARPP-32, which regulates key neurotransmitters in an
area of the brain linked to the mental illness, was the centerpiece
of the study released Wednesday.
William Bunney, the Della Martin professor of psychiatry at UCI,
participated in the study with peers from the Weill Cornell Medical
College and Rockefeller University.
Paul Greengard, a professor of neuroscience at Rockefeller, won
the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2000 for his research into DARPP-32.
In the study, the researchers studied the brains of 14 deceased
people who had been victims of schizophrenia.
Grant will aid city disaster preparedness
The Newport Beach chapter of the National Charity League Inc. has
given Costa Mesa a $1,000 grant for disaster relief.
The group’s donation was handed to the Costa Mesa Community
Foundation and the Costa Mesa Fire Department to work jointly to buy
supplies needed to conduct programs for the city’s emergency response
team.
They will also buy items needed in the event of a disaster.
The grant will also be used to provide training to men and women
in the Fire Department on how to act when a disaster strikes.
Arson truck offered to city’s Fire Department
The Costa Mesa Fire Department was recently awarded an arson
vehicle from the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The new truck will be used to investigate arson, haul equipment,
enforce city codes and train employees in fire prevention.
Officials say it will allow the Fire Department the flexibility to
transport various equipment, tools and personnel for various response
and activities.
Arson investigators are actively pursuing tools to fight fires.
The truck donation from the Auto Club, comes on the heels of another
grant for a special camera to be used during investigations. Costa
Mesa firefighters received both grants because of continued efforts
to lower incidents of arson, improve the quality of investigations
and promote increased collaboration between fire investigations and
the Police Department.
Information or to make a vehicle donation: (714) 754-5062.
30-year reunion will feature Hawaiian theme
Newport Harbor High School’s class of 1972 will have reunion luaus
today and Saturday.
Today’s festivities will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Newport
Aquatic Center at 1 Whitecliffs Drive, Newport Beach. Hawaiian music
will play, foods, including pupus, will be served, and visitors can
visit a no-host bar. The cost is $20 a person or $30 at the door.
Saturday’s Poolside Dance Party will run from 6 p.m. to midnight
at the Newport Beach Tennis Club, 2501 Eastbluff Drive, Newport
Beach. Musical bands Honk and Blues Racquet will perform.
Recommended attire for both events is casual. $65 per person, or
$75 at the door.
Information: (909) 307-9187.
Designer’s work will commemorate Diana
A designer whose touch helped beautify South Coast Plaza two years
ago has been tapped for a royal task.
Kathryn Gustafson, who designed the Bridge of Gardens at the
plaza, was selected by the Royal Parks to help commemorate Diana,
Princess of Wales, in the form of a memorial fountain in Hyde Park in
London. Gustafson will design the fountain.
More than 55 other bidders were considered for the task before
Gustafson was chosen. The fountain will honor the late princess’ life
through water accompanied by trees. The piece will be called
“Reaching Out -- Letting In.”
The designer’s work at South Coast Plaza is a 600-foot-long
skywalk bridging the plaza and the Garden Terrace. It made its debut
in September 2000.
Information: (800) 782-8888.
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