Newport Lifeguards to host blood drive The...

Newport Lifeguards to host blood drive

The annual Newport Beach Lifeguards’ American Red Cross Blood

Drive is set for Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m. at lifeguard headquarters

at the base of the Newport Pier.

Newport Lifeguards will compete with other Southern California

agencies, a competition they have won four times in the last five

years. This year, they have openings for 150 donors over the six-hour

window.

Those interested in donating blood can contact the Newport Beach

Fire Department front desk at (949) 644-3047 or online at

www.givelife.org, sponsor code: nblifeguards.

Donors should bring a picture identification.

Firm renews lease

on Newport offices

Law firm O’Melveny & Myers has renewed its lease of 65,000 square

feet of office space at a Newport Center office building, the Irvine

Co. has announced. The Irvine Co. owns and recently finished

refurbishing the building at 610 Newport Center Drive.

The Irvine Co. recently invested $45 million in upgrading its

office properties around the state.

McDonald House awards scholarships

The Ronald McDonald House Charities awarded 150 $1,000 college

scholarships to Latino high school students across Southern

California, including students from Costa Mesa, Sage Hill and Newport

Harbor High Schools.

The scholarships, which are part of the Hispanic American

Commitment to Educational Resources program in the Ronald McDonald

House Charities, are earned by meeting criteria, including grade

point average, letters of recommendation, financial need and

community involvement.

Local McDonald’s owner/operators conferred the awards Friday at

the 15th annual awards luncheon in Newport Beach.