Around Town: Registration for Corona del Mar Scenic 5K open
Runners of all skills levels are invited to run on ocean view streets for the Corona del Mar Scenic 5K on Saturday.
The event includes a 5K course and the 2-mile Celebration Walk. There will also be a 1K Kid’s Dolphin Dash and a 2-mile timed run for youth attendees.
The 5K also includes free food and a post-event party with live entertainment, vendors and the awards ceremony.
To register and for a complete schedule of events, visit cdmchamber.com/events/5k.asp.
Rotary club holds fundraiser
Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will hold its annual fundraiser dinner at 5 p.m. Thursday at Back Bay Bistro in the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort.
The event will have a five-course meal, auctions and live music.
Admission is $150 per person.
The bistro isat 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach.
For more information, visit newportbeachsunriserotary.org.
Newport Elementary to welcome mayor at play
As part of Newport Elementary School’s opening night for its production of “Seussical Jr.,” the school plans to present Newport Beach Mayor Diane Dixon with a proclamation and mayoral sash.
The performance is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at the campus, 1327 W. Balboa Blvd., Newport Beach.
Mesa Water District to hold panels on water issues
The Mesa Water District will hold a series of panel discussions later this month to discuss current water and government issues, as well as local, regional and state trends.
The Water Issues Study Group runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 25. Panels are scheduled from 11 to 11:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. A light lunch will be provided.
Those scheduled to participate as panelists include state Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa), Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R-Huntington Beach), Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel, Costa Mesa Mayor Steve Mensinger and Orange County Water District President Cathy Green.
The event will be held at the Mesa Water Reliability Facility, 1350 Gisler Ave., Costa Mesa. To RSVP, email event@mesawater.org or call 949-631-1201.
Vanguard to provide student summer camps for sports and theater
This summer, Vanguard University in Costa Mesa will have its athletics staff hold youth camps for basketball, soccer and volleyball while the American Coast Children’s Theatre will hold two workshops concluding with student performances.
The basketball camp will have five sessions June through August for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The volleyball camp will offer a skills camp in July for high schoolers and students in grades fifth through eighth. The soccer camp will take place one week in July for high school students.
The theater program, new this year, will have two two-week workshops for students ages 6 through 15.
For more information on the sports camps, visit vanguardlions.com.
For more information about the theatre program, visit vanguard.edu/ACCT.
Machado visits Newport water station
Pro surfer Rob Machado came to Newport Beach this week to visit a water bottle refilling station.
The station is at The Wedge and was installed about two months ago. It was fully funded by Newport Beach-based Arbor Real Estate in the name of Machado’s foundation. Arbor has also funded another filling station, installed about two weeks ago, at 68th Street and one at the Newport Aquatic Center that was installed last year.
No Beach Plastics, a nonprofit, helped facilitate The Wedge filling station’s installation with the city.
“The Arbor Real Estate team is proud to support our community and to keep our beaches clean and healthy by partnering with the Rob Machado Foundation,” Chris Brigandi, Arbor Real Estate founder, said in a statement. “This water bottle filling station at The Wedge is the fourth station we’ve installed in Newport Beach over the past year. We’re excited to see people using and appreciating the stations and helping us to keep our beaches and community clean.”
Golf tournament helps nonprofit
Project Access recently raised nearly $123,000 during a golf tournament at the Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine.
The Newport Beach-based nonprofit will use the funds to help with its after-school programming, education assistance, wellness education and other efforts, according to a news release.