Restaurant opening raises $2,000 for charity Red...

Restaurant opening raises $2,000 for charity

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. celebrated its 50th California

restaurant location in Newport Beach by raising $2,000 for UC

Irvine’s Kids to College Program.

The restaurant, at Fashion Island in the Island Terrace, donated

50 cents from every burger during the opening week, from July 28 to

Aug. 3, to UCI’s program.

L.A. Times reporter to give talk at Interfaith Luncheon

Los Angeles Times religion reporter William Lobdell will give a

talk at the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council’s Interfaith

Luncheon on Sept. 17.

Lobdell, a former editor of the Daily Pilot, will discuss

“Challenges facing the Faith Community.”

The event will begin at 11:45 a.m. and is expected to end by 1:30

p.m. Lunch is $7.50 per person with reservation or $10 at the door

without reservation.

The luncheon will be held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic

Church located at 1441 W. Balboa Blvd. For reservations, call (949)

660-8665, ext. 3 or send e-mail to [email protected] by 5 p.m.

Sept. 16.

UCI study finds neurochemical that contributes to epilepsy

A new UC Irvine College of Medicine study has identified why

infants who suffer prolonged fever-induced seizures are more

susceptible to further seizures and epilepsy as adults.

Such seizures increase the brain’s production of endocannabinoids,

a natural, marijuana-related substance that helps regulate the

transmission of signals to the brain, according to the study. It is

this substance that increases the possibility of adult epilepsy, the

study found.

The study was funded by a grant from the National Institute of

Health.

Mexican, Japanese landscapes on display at Newport library

The exhibit “Paintings of Mexico and Japan” by art professor

Howard Hitchcock opens today at the Newport Beach Central Library.

Created after recent travels to Mexico and the Far East, the

paintings depict colorful cityscapes of life in foreign lands. The

exhibit continues through Oct. 31.

The central library is at 1000 Avocado Ave. For information, call

the city’s Cultural Arts Office at (949) 717-3870 or the hotline at

(949) 644-3211, code 2154.