Newport Beach News

By Will O’Neill, Newport Beach City Council Member You don’t elect your Mayor in Newport Beach. Instead, your Mayor is chosen by the city council every year, rotated only from amongst themselves. But you can change this system and ensure that your Mayor is directly accountable to you. Ballots hit mailboxes...

By Gary Sherwin, President and CEO of Newport Beach & Co. After having to cancel her wedding twice due to Covid19, my oldest daughter is getting married in a much scaled down ceremony this Sunday. It’s been heartbreaking for her and her fiancé who have been riding this emotional roller...

This letter is in regard to the recent decision of a “rotational cycle on and off” charade that the Newport Mesa Unified School District is considering, in light of the proposed and controversial parking structure at Ensign. This should be the time that the ALL of the board members collaborate...

The Newport Heights, Balboa Island and Cliffhaven communities have experienced a “tree saving” effort the last several months. Because these older areas have more numerous and larger established trees than most of the other communities in Newport Beach, it did not come as much of a surprise that many...

Recently, the 1113 Kings Road residential project that was approved for a 12,300-square-foot structure by the City Council, who obviously did not recognize that the plans were changed and finalized for an almost an 18,000-square-foot residence. This happened AFTER your vote at the Council meeting. This neglectful decision now...

Candidates running for office in any election should realize that most people don’t want to hear negative statements about the opposition. The public wants to hear the positive things that the candidate is going to accomplish when elected. The most successful and popular office holders are those who realize that...

This, to me, is just such a slam dunk. You people must not go on the boardwalk if you are even suggesting that those motor bikes are not already banned. I thought they were just on there because winter was light. When those bikes are on the boardwalk, nobody can...

Cottie Petrie-Norris and Harley Rouda are so busy seeking positive legislation for their districts, that they have not had the time or inclination to get involved in negative political battles with their opponents. Both of them tout impressive lists of legislative conquests and have been overly generous with the...

Diane Dixon | special to the NB Indy If you want to see how badly things can go south in a one-party state, look no further than the new law known as AB5. The law basically requires many businesses that use independent contractors to reclassify those workers as employees. Proposed and...

The words that were spoken at Tuesday’s Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education meeting were reminiscent of extreme socialism, a way of thinking that creates a stateless, classless society that ultimately takes away the power away from the people. Disturbingly enough and leading the charge for tearing out the...