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The city is hosting a community meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at Marina Park to discuss the revised Western Snowy Plover Management Plan for east Balboa Peninsula beaches. The focus area of the plan is the federally designated critical habit located between B and G streets but, it...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the Newport Beach Independent during 2018. This week, January through June. Next week will cover the top news stories of the second half of the year. (click on the text to see original story)...

The Newport Beach Police Department’s Animal Control Unit sent out an alert Thursday about coyote activity. Coyotes, native to the area, are found all over Orange County and are a critical component of the ecosystem, NBPD officials wrote in the message. “Contrary to popular...

A Newport Beach man was convicted and sentenced to nine months in jail recently for animal cruelty and petty theft after killing his roommates’ dog and removing the evidence from the scene, authorities reported. Justin James Pope, 27, Pleaded guilty July 12 to felony animal...

The first year for the new nonprofit Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter has been very successful, group officials announced this week. FONBAS President Tim Stoaks gave a short presentation on the group during the City Council study session on Tuesday. The organization has a...

Newport Beach Police Department offered an inside look at a day with an Animal Control Officer this week through a live virtual ride-along on the NBPD’s Twitter account. Virtual guests spent a shift on Saturday with ACO Nick Ott, who made headlines earlier this year for helping...

The Newport Beach Police Department will be posting a live virtual ride-along with an Animal Control Officer this weekend on the NBPD Twitter account. Those interested in spending a shift with and getting an inside look at an ACO’s day can tune in to @NewportBeachPD (or...

Many mornings people wake up and immediately read bad news and depressing headlines, former Newport Beach mayor Nancy Gardner pointed out during a early meeting this week. But she was happy to announce that was not the case at Wake Up! Newport on Thursday. “Today is a feel-good...

(Editor’s Note: See video of the release at the bottom of the article) After two months recouping from some traumatic injuries, a white pelican captured in a Newport Beach neighborhood in November was released back into the wild this week. The road to recovery came to a...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

Cuteness in costume took over Marina Park on the Balboa Peninsula Saturday during the first annual “Howl-O-Ween” hosted by the Friends of the Newport Beach Animal Shelter. More than two dozen people and pooches attended the event. “We’re ecstatic,” said FONBAS board President Tim...

What can a tiny animal shelter accomplish in just two years of operation? Quite a bit, when it has the support of the City Council and 32 volunteers. After parting ways with the Orange County Humane Society in November 2015, the Newport Beach Animal Shelter has come to the aid of...

Homeless or lost pets will still have a place to stay in Newport Beach, thanks to a decision this week by City Council. Council members on Tuesday unanimously approved to extend the city’s lease agreement with Home Free Animal Sanctuary for use of their facility on Riverside...

Forget cake, presents and parties, all Dylan Fryer wants for his 9th birthday is to help save the tigers. The Eastblufff Elementary 3rd grader told his mother he would rather raise $1,000 to donate toward the new Tiger Trail exhibit at San Diego Zoo Safari Park by his July 13...

Extreme weather in Africa can be devastating. Whether it is drought or heavy rains; each has its own set of life threatening problems. For a photographer on safari in Kenya, rain presents a different set of problems. Animals disappear and seek cover. Rain causes the rivers to...

The flap over the “Goldenrod 6” chickens in Corona del Mar has taken an extreme turn. Someone spread rock salt, potentially fatal to chickens, all over the hens’ yard on Monday, owner Michael Resk said. “It absolutely could kill them,” Resk explained. “I’m not sure if it was [the...

The “Goldenrod 6” chickens have at least one more month at their Corona del Mar home. the Newport Beach City Council decided Tuesday that they will discuss the ordinance governing the hens in about a month, after the city staff researches the issue and reports back. Mayor Nancy...

By Edie Crabtree The space of time between the end of summer and the start of the holidays is notoriously jam-packed – the return of homework, football practice, and soccer games just to name a few, keeps most families on the go, leaving little time for plain old family...

The shades of grey belonging to dusk matured with each mile we drove through the gentle rolling hills.  The huge expanses of cornfields on either side of the two-lane road darkened quickly.  According to the navigation system on my car we had five miles to go. I hate to arrive...

If protesters show up at a CdM pet store Sunday as organizers hope, it won’t be an unfamiliar scene. Animal rights activists targeting the I Heart Puppies store have posted online notices urging supporters to turn out in front of the store. I Heart Puppies isn’t the only pet...