Around Town: UCI to host conference on girls’ issues Saturday
Girls Inc. of Orange County will present the fourth annual Girls Conference Orange County from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at UC Irvine.
The “Girls Dream Big” conference will have workshops and interactive activities for adolescent girls. Topics to be covered include body image, budgeting money and female friendships.
Keynote speakers are Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson of the Kind Campaign, an international movement to prevent bullying among girls.
The conference will be held at UCI’s Student Center, 311 W. Peltason Drive.
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DUI checkpoint planned Thursday for Newport Beach
The Newport Beach Police Department will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint between 8 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday at an undisclosed location within city limits.
Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol or drug impairment and will check drivers for proper licensing.
In California, driving under the influence led to 867 deaths and more than 23,000 serious injuries in 2013, according to a news release.
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Academic leaders to discuss future of higher education
National academic leaders will discuss student debt, demographic transformations and other issues concerning the future of education on Friday in Irvine.
Speakers will include UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman and Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
The discussion will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering at 100 Academy.
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CdM dance team to perform New York-themed show
Corona del Mar High School’s Orchesis dance team will perform “Next Stop: Orch in New York” from March 3-5 at the Loats Theatre at Newport Harbor High School, 600 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach.
Both acts of the show will have a New York theme, beginning with a Grand Central Station setting and ending in Times Square.
Performances will start at 7 p.m. each day.
Tickets are available at Corona del Mar High School, 2101 Eastbluff Drive, or online at the school’s WebStore.
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Project Access gets donation from Whole Foods
Newport Beach-based Project Access, which has an office in Oakland, recently received a $6,487 donation from Whole Foods Market in Oakland to help low-income families in the Bay Area city.
The donation was part of the store’s Nickels for Nonprofits program.
“Whole Foods Market is considered by many to be the expert in healthy eating, and many residents we serve haven’t had healthy options widely available to them or they haven’t been given the information they need to incorporate more healthy foods on a budget,” Project Access Chief Executive and President Kathy McCarrell said in a statement. “Whole Foods Market has been wonderful in going beyond just donating food to truly offering the education people need alongside the food itself.”
Project Access’ family and senior resource centers also have been “adopted” by banks to receive $5,000 annually.
Bank of America adopted a center in the Vintage Crossings apartments in Anaheim, Pacific Premier Bank adopted a center at the Breezewood Park apartments in Riverside and City National Bank adopted the center at Vista Angelina in Los Angeles.