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Newport Beach News

For Newport Beach, home to the largest recreational boat harbor on the West Coast, coverage here follows city government, Orange County, Newport-Mesa Unified School District, business and public safety. Reporting reaches neighborhoods across the city and surrounding communities.


Weather and Disaster

Live Poll

Have you taken steps to protect your property from coastal flooding this winter?

Forecasts

Newport Beach Urges Preparation for King Tides

City crews reinforce sand berms and stormwater systems as record October tides and a Super El Niño raise coastal flood risk.

Newport Beach Urges Preparation for King Tides

Travel

Cruises

Fishermen Rescue Cruise Pianist Off Catalina

Two Newport Beach anglers pulled a Royal Caribbean employee from the Pacific after he spent roughly nine hours treading water.

Fishermen Rescue Cruise Pianist Off Catalina

Lifestyle

Aquariums

Tidepool Sea Slug Found in Newport Beach

A UC Irvine marine biologist identified a sea slug species not previously reported north of Mexico in a Little Corona tidepool.

Tidepool Sea Slug Found in Newport Beach

Sports

Football

Newport Harbor Routs El Modena in Playoff Opener

Jordan Spigarelli threw three touchdowns as Newport Harbor beat El Modena 28-7 in a CIF-SS Division 3 first-round game.


Politics

Live Poll

Do you trust that large-scale campaign spending by special interest groups benefits your local government?

City Hall

Newport Beach Election Spending Tops $2 Million

Political action committees are pouring millions into local races and ballot measures ahead of the November vote.

Newport Beach Election Spending Tops $2 Million

Day to day, that means city council decisions, Orange County policy and Newport-Mesa Unified School District alongside the real estate, hospitality and financial employers that define the local economy. From Balboa Island and Corona del Mar to Newport Coast, Balboa Peninsula and Lido Isle, neighborhood coverage extends into Los Angeles County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County where stories cross the line. The harbor's scale shapes coastal development regulation, environmental permitting and marine commerce decisions in ways that run through much of city hall's annual calendar. Development density, coastal access and school district resources are the recurring subjects in local government reporting.


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