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The differences between the various communities in Newport Beach was the focus of a discussion this week about a proposed code amendment related to the on-street parking impacts due to construction activity in residential neighborhoods. During their Tuesday meeting, City Council...

A proposal for a new Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard facility, to replace the old portable trailers the program currently uses near the Balboa Pier on the peninsula, was the highlight of a lifeguard focused forum this week. About two dozen local business owners and residents heard...

After five years in the making, Lido House Hotel, the boutique hotel located on the old Newport Beach city hall site on the Balboa Peninsula, is open. “Welcome to the Lido House,” Bob Olson, CEO of R.D. Olson Development, the company that built the hotel, said as he welcomed a...

In a message distributed on Wednesday, Newport Beach city staff invited residents to an upcoming public hearing about the Koll Center Residences, a 260-unit mixed-use infill residential and retail development at Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue in Newport Beach. Staff asked the...

C.W. Driver Companies, longtime California builder, announced the completion of the $50 million Newport Beach Country Club. Located at One Clubhouse Drive in Newport Beach, the 65,000-square-foot, two-level luxury development is owned by International Bay Clubs, LLC. The...

  A property in Cannery Village on the Balboa Peninsula that has been home to sail makers since the 1960s is on its way to becoming something new, yet still historically familiar. Newport Beach Planning Commission on July 20 unanimously approved Ullman Sails Lofts mixed-use...

After working on the Mariners’ Mile Revitalization Master Plan for approximately one year, the city has backed off following public outcry. In a notice sent out to the community on Tuesday, Newport Beach city staff explained that the draft plan for the stretch of Pacific Coast...

Newport Beach Fire Department personnel responded to a working structure fire at 3034 E. Coast Hwy in Corona Del Mar 3:42 p.m. on June 4, according to authorities. The two-alarm fire was located within a one-story multi-unit building, NBFD reported in a statement released June 5....

Sandcastle Dr. Home Burglarized Police sent out a crime alert about a recent residential burglary in the 900 block of Sandcastle Dr. on Tuesday, warning residents to stay alert and lock their homes. An unknown suspect entered the victims’ home through an unlocked sliding...

Newport Beach City Council this week unanimously approved the sale of the historic Balboa Theater to a local developer for $1 million Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to sell the E. Balboa Boulevard property to Lab Holding, LLC. LAB founder Shaheen Sadeghi thanked the council for their...

City Wins ‘Building Department of the Year’ Award The Building Division of the City of Newport Beach’s Community Development Department received the California Building Officials’ 2015-2016 “Building Department of the Year” award. The award recognizes a jurisdiction’s...

Sage Hill School kicked off the year with a special celebration Monday. Following the school’s traditional welcoming convocation ceremony, officials held a ribbon cutting event for the high school’s new $8 million science center. “It’s a great way to start the year,” said Head of...

Records Show Party Bus CdM Girl Fell From Was Operating Illegally Charlotte Boyse, 17, a Corona del Mar High School senior fell out of a party bus on the 73 highway on her way to prom last weekend. Boyse had apparently been standing on a seat and leaning against a window when she...

Remodeling a Newport Beach residence has temporally become less expensive. City Council approved the Newport Dividend program Tuesday, which will temporarily waive building plan check, building construction permit fees and other city fees related to remodels of existing...