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By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy About 100,000 new voters who have recently registered to cast ballots in anticipation of next week’s California primary election, where four congressional districts in Orange County are in play. Despite the bump in voter registration countywide, within...

By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy In the race for the state Assembly district that covers Newport Beach, the candidacy of Laguna Beach resident Cottie Petrie-Norris received a boost this week from the California Democratic Party, which endorsed her bid for office. At several locations...

Dana Rohrabacher, who has represented California’s 48th congressional district for 13 terms, is running for reelection. Elected in 1988, the California Republican has served under six presidents and even wrote speeches for fellow Californian Ronald Reagan before he entered the...

  Marian Bergeson, longtime Newport Beach resident, community leader and former state politician, died Wednesday. She was 90. Bergeson, who was the first woman to serve in both the California state Assembly and Senate, died early Wednesday morning at Hoag Hospital due to...

I have researched the candidates and I recommend Matthew Harper for California State Assembly. I have known both Keith Curry and Matthew Harper for a number of years, but my recommendation is based on their track records and stands on issues, not on personalities. Union Money and...

A state bill that aims to preserve beach fire rings moved through a Senate committee last week, with unanimous approval from lawmakers. Assembly Bill 1102 would require a city – or a county – to apply for a coastal development permit in order to remove or restrict the...

As of Thursday afternoon, initial results from Tuesday’s primary election showed Newport Beach City Councilman Keith Curry leading the 74th District Assembly race. Curry edged out his competition in the primary election this week, receiving 27.8 percent of the votes counted so...

Congressman Endorses Keith Curry for State Assembly Congressman Dana Rohrabacher endorsed Keith Curry for the State Assembly this week, according to an announcement. “I am honored to have the support of my longtime friend and fellow Reagan Administration alumni Congressman Dana...

Nearly 500 Citations Issued During NBPD Distracted Driving Campaign In April, the Newport Beach Police Department joined over 200 other local law enforcement agencies and the Highway Patrol in a statewide Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign.  Newport Beach Police Officers...

About 50 people attended Speak Up Newport’s 74th Assembly District candidate forum Wednesday evening in the community room at the Newport Beach civic center. The participating candidates were councilman Keith Curry, Orange County businessman Emanuel Patrascu, Huntington Beach...

Lincoln Club Endorses Curry for Assembly   Republican candidate Keith Curry announced receiving the endorsement of the Lincoln Club of Orange County in his campaign for the 74th Assembly District. The Lincoln Club is one of the most influential organizations in the State of...

Fourteen former Newport Beach mayors and five of his six current council colleagues have endorsed 74th Assembly District candidate Keith Curry, according to an email newsletter sent by the Keith Curry for State Assembly office. Curry announced the support of current council...

Mayor Keith Curry announced his plans to run for the 74th Assembly District on Wednesday at an early morning Chamber of Commerce Wake Up! Newport meeting. If elected, Curry would take the seat vacated by Allan Mansoor, who intends to run for a spot on the Orange County Board of...

The 74th Assembly District candidates each got “singed” at Thursday night’s Newport/Mesa Feet to the Fire forum. All three candidates got into heated discussions, some more often than others, about a range of topics at the event, held at the Costa Mesa Community Center....

Twice a year, the State of California requires State, County, and City politicians, and aspiring politicians, to file their semi-annual campaign finance reports, with the due dates being July 31 for January through June and Jan. 31 for the last half of the year. Then politicos...

Monday night, I had the privilege of being Tom Fuentes’ driver to the Republican Party of Orange County Central Committee meeting. Originally, I had absolutely no interest in attending, except for a fleeting curiosity about the uber-hyped proposed party endorsement of Assemblyman...

The Newport Harbor High School culinary and management teams were officially honored by the state Assembly on Thursday for winning the nationwide culinary competition in April. Assemblyman Don Wagner presented the school with an official resolution Thursday morning during a...