Should the city quadruple fees charged to harbor businesses for their use of public tidelands, to help fund harbor improvement projects like dredging?
Total Voters: 45
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Forecasters were predicting that the high temperatures that hit Newport Beach and the rest of Orange County this week, breaking records in some areas, will begin to fall tomorrow. A strong upper-level high-pressure system in inland southwestern California brought the
New Sport Combines Surfing, Skating and Big Blue Tarps It’s surfing, it’s skating, it’s the parachute game, it’s… Tarp surfing! It’s a new sport, or hobby, or just something to do when the waves are almost nonexistent, and
The 33rd Annual Lido Yacht Expo brought the biggest and best yachts to Lido Marina Village over the weekend. Hundreds of boats and yachts were showcased, along with boating products and marine accessories.  
Newport Beach firefighters strutted their stuff on the catwalk for charity Saturday at Bloomingdale’s, Fashion Island. “Hot guys, hot fashion, what more could you ask for?” Kim Van Natta, general manager of Fashion Island Bloomingdale’s, asked the crowd. The firefighters,
Newport Beach residents learned how to bandage injuries, communicate via ham radio and pack an emergency kit at the 3rd Annual Newport Beach Disaster Preparedness Expo on Saturday. Community Emergency Response Team volunteers talked with visitors about what to do
At 5:46 a.m. Sunday morning about 1500 people paused from their preparations for the 14th Annual Pacific Coast Triathlon in Newport Beach for a moment of silence and reflection in honor of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. The time was
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fresh off a Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley Wednesday night, campaigned in Newport Beach Thursday morning, with a rally at Roger’s Gardens. The emotional peak of the rally was OC Republican Party Chairman Emeritus Tom
About 50 volunteers headed out to the Wedge on Saturday, picking up Styrofoam, cigarette butts and other trash while hundreds of visitors watched the giant waves. The Wedge Beautification Project was organized by the Balboa Peninsula Point Association, assisted by
— Photos by Parker Reposa and Jim Collins The Nike US Open of Surfing beckoned Newporters to the beach between July 30 and Aug. 7. The event offered sport, music and art along 14 acres of sand in Huntington Beach
More than 100 protesters showed up in front of the I Heart Puppies shop in CdM last weekend, waving signs, chanting and singing, and cheering at cars that drove by and honked in support. The group, led by the Companion
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