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Max Stretton
May 22, 2026

Five Summer Festivals in Newport Beach

Starting Memorial Day Weekend, Newport Beach lines up five festivals in quick succession—covering food, music, TV, and even wooden boats.

Inside Fashion Island’s New Cocktail Masterclass

In the Mix brings guests together for a seasonal, hands-on mixology event with cocktails, small bites and a few take-home skills.

Candace Bushnell Talks Career, “Sex and the City,” and Her One-Woman Show Coming to O.C. on “The Zest”

This week, we’re joined by a true cultural icon. She’s the international best-selling novelist behind Sex and the City and the woman often called the real-life Carrie Bradshaw herself. From bestselling books like Four Blondes, Lipstick Jungle, and The Carrie Diaries to the HBO phenomenon that changed the conversation around women, friendship, dating, and ambition, her work has shaped pop culture for decades. Now, she’s bringing her critically acclaimed one-woman show, “True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City,” to South Coast Repertory May 30 through 31, taking audiences on a whirlwind journey through New York, from Studio 54 to “Sex and the City” and beyond. Please enjoy this conversation with Candace Bushnell!

Around O.C.

Evacuation orders reissued in Orange County after toxic chemical leak

Orange County firefighters evacuated Garden Grove neighborhoods after an industrial tank containing a flammable, self-heating substance started leaking at a nearby aerospace facility.

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/flammable-epoxy-leak-in-orange-county-prompts-hazmat-response

‘Kids Rule Summer': Disneyland has Bluey, Stitch, and galactic fun times

The Anaheim theme park’s 70th anniversary festivities are also continuing through Aug. 9.

NBC Los Angeles

Chargers and Yaamava' Host 7th Annual Golf Invitational at Monarch Beach Golf Links 

The Chargers and Yaamava' teamed up to host seventh annual Los Angeles Chargers Invitational earlier this week

www.chargers.com/news/annual-golf-invitational-2026-yaamava

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