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A lively discussion about traffic safety had residents split about potential street improvements at a forum this week. About 80 people packed into Newport Theatre Arts Center on Cliff Drive Wednesday night for the town hall. The discussion focused on streets in the Newport...

Pedestrians and cyclists at the crossroads of Superior Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway may soon be able to “cross that bridge” when they come to it, due to the city recently being awarded funding to construct an overcrossing. Newport Beach was awarded a grant last month from the...

On Friday, July 7, 16-year-old Travis Risley began his “Travis’ Trek,” an ambitious bicycle journey of nearly 1,000 miles that began at the border with Oregon and will end at the border with Mexico. The goal of the Trek is to raise awareness and funding for the California Peace...

There was a rhinoceros sighting in Balboa Village this week, but fortunately it was for a good cause. South African safari guide, conservationist and cyclist Matt Meyer decided to raise awareness and funding for rhinoceros conservation in Africa by pedaling nearly 2,000 miles...

Bicyclists and pedestrians are getting some special attention next week in the form of a police safety operation. The Newport Beach Police Department conducted a focused Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Wednesday, and will repeat the effort again on...

Boardwalk safety has been a hot topic for many years and last week it officially reached the Newport Beach City Council. City staff presented possible regulation changes and plans for the oceanfront walkway on the Balboa Peninsula during a study session on April 23. Councilwoman...

The Newport Beach Police Department will be conducting focused Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Monday. Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas that are frequented by bicyclists and pedestrians, and where recent traffic collisions have occurred, in...

The Newport Harbor Elks Lodge (#1767) recently made several bike safety presentations and handed out safety equipment to local kids after being awarded a grant. Volunteers from the group conducted 10 bicycle safety presentations to hundreds of kids over the last few months,...

On February 20 at 6:43 p.m., the Newport Beach Police Department’s Dispatch Center was notified of a traffic collision near the intersection of Westcliff Drive and Rutland Road. The collision involved a bicycle and a red GMC Yukon, both of which had been travelling eastbound on...

The scenic three mile stretch of boardwalk between E. Street to 36th Street on Balboa Peninsula is beloved by pedestrians, but cyclists like it too. The hotly contested issue of bike traffic on the boardwalk has local residents fired up. “This is something that everyone cares...

Newport Beach Police Department detectives served a search warrant on a Huntington Beach man and seized narcotics, cash and bicycles last week. Matthew Donald Simpson, 41, was arrested after police searched his home in the 16700 block of Viewpoint Lane in HB at 9:45 a.m. Friday,...

In response to a young boy recently being hit and killed while riding his bike near his school, Newport  Heights Elementary, city officials moved forward this week with an effort to improve bike safety around schools and other key areas. Newport Beach City Council unanimously...

Newport Beach Police Department will conduct a specialized Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation on Tuesday, according to a press release from NBPD. In an effort to reduce injuries, extra officers will patrol areas frequented by bicyclists and pedestrians, and where...

  A makeshift memorial has been created at the site of the accident where a young boy was struck and killed by a trash truck last week. Brock McCann, 8, a third grader from Newport Heights Elementary School, was identified Friday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department...

Traffic along Pacific Coast Highway, specifically in Mariner’s Mile, was discussed in depth Newport Beach City Council members, city staff, and county transportation officials. During the Council’s study session on Tuesday, the Orange County Transportation Authority gave a...

The cyclist who was killed last weekend after hitting a parked vehicle in Corona del Mar may have been distracted by his cell phone, according to police. Jonathan Wilson, 23, of Costa Mesa (recently relocated from Newport Beach), died Sunday after the electric bicycle he was...

Culminating years of work by city staff, residents and bicyclists, and following yet another cyclist death last weekend, Newport Beach City Council unanimously approved the Bicycle Master Plan 7-0 on Tuesday. “It is a $23 million capital plan for a 20-year horizon,” said...

Authorities have charged the driver suspected of striking and killing a bicyclist on East Coast Highway over the weekend with murder, hit and run, and drug possession . Neil Storm Stephany, 23, of Huntington Beach, was arrested after police located and identified him as the...

My precious sister, Debra, was killed by a motorist last Aug. 27, 2013 while riding her bicycle in Newport Beach. The Orange County DA filed charges vehicular manslaughter and the trial began Sept. 8, 2014. The DA presented evidence that my sister was properly making a right turn...

By Andrea Adelson | NB Indy   For his own safety, former Olympic cyclist and bike shop owner Paul Deem would rather cycle through the stop-and-go traffic of downtown Los Angeles than the wide-open roadways of Orange County, where motorists expect to accelerate to highway...