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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)...

Newport Beach will soon have a new manager, following an action by City Council this week. On Tuesday, Council unanimously selected Irvine official Grace Leung to serve as its next city manager. Leung will assume the top administrative spot on Sept. 4, replacing current City...

Four people were injured Monday in a single-vehicle traffic collision on University Drive, near MacArthur Boulevard, according to authorities.   Newport Beach fire and police were dispatched to the collision near University of California, Irvine, at 6:39 a.m., officials explained...

A man died Thursday after the pickup truck he was driving collided with a heavy equipment grader on southbound 73 toll road between Bison Avenue and Bonita Canyon Drive, authorities reported. A 30-year-old man was driving a Ford F-250 southbound on state route 73 when, for...

A motorcyclist died over the weekend after a two-vehicle collision in Newport Beach, according to authorities. Todd Anthony Davis Jr., 26, of Costa Mesa, was identified as the motorcyclist, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department coroner’s office. At 10:11 am Saturday,...

(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...

“Go with the flow” seems to be the mantra for the city in regards to sea level rise. Both literally and figuratively, as Newport Beach officials react to sea level rise by both building or capping physical barriers like seawalls and keeping up with the latest science in order to...

Robert Talbott opened its first Southern California freestanding boutique at Fashion Island this month. The new 1,114-square-foot store will offer a full line of high-end luxury clothing for men, including its signature suits, sport jackets, shirts, neckwear, casual clothing,...

The Irvine Company dropped their lawsuit against Related California on Feb. 3, according to court records. The lawsuit, filed Dec. 9 in Orange County Superior Court, claimed supporters of the project trespassed at several of the Newport Beach shopping centers located on Irvine...

The Newport Beach Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a café and a poolside cocktail lounge with specific residents-only Alcoholic Beverage Control license at the Villas Fashion Island. Commissioners voted 4-1 with Bill Dunlap dissenting and Peter Zak...

In a letter to the city and in an official statement, the Irvine Company voiced their objection to the controversial high-rise residential project in Newport Center known as Museum House. The 25-story, 295-foot tall, 100-residential-unit project Museum House has been proposed to...

More than 500 members of the Orange County Harley Davidson Club (OC Hogs) rode from Spectrum in Irvine to the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino on Nov. 6. The ride was dedicated to Warrior Foundation Freedom Station, an organization dedicated to providing assistance to wounded...

The Annual Walk to Defeat ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) marched through the Great Park in Irvine on Nov. 5. Hundreds of walkers and wheelchair patients along with several thousand well wishers celebrated survivors and raised money for research on ALS, also known as Lou...

The California Energy Efficiency Industry Council has named Irvine Company one of the top three “Energy Champions” in the state for 2016. The council honored the Newport Beach-based Irvine Company on Sept. 27 for “excellence in advancing energy efficiency” at its annual Energy...

Looking both ways before turning on a street is a mandate for safe driving. However, for the Newport Beach residents of Private Road, doing so isn’t an option. The 17 families that live on Private Road turn right from their cul-de-sac onto Irvine Avenue with no vision, only...

The Los Angeles Rams is hosting their 2016 Training Camp at the University of California, Irvine, returning football to Orange County for the first time in over two decades. For more information, visit therams.com/ramscamp.html — All photos by Charles Weinberg ©

Fashion Island is set to welcome four new retail tenants, including a first-in-California lifestyle and gift boutique and a new flagship destination for an Orange County swimwear favorite. “These new additions to Fashion Island expand on our vision for the center – to...

Officials have big plans for Big Canyon, and restoring and protecting the habitat are at the top of the list. Newport Beach hosted an informational meeting about the Resource and Recreation Management Plan for Big Canyon Nature Park on Wednesday. Along with city staff, officials...

By Daniel Langhorne | NB Indy Linda Isle residents are reeling from the City Council’s approval for the construction of a 14,252-square-foot restaurant to be built near the site where the Reuben E. Lee riverboat restaurant once stood. The council on Tuesday upheld an earlier...

By Daniel Langhorne | NB Indy Researchers from UC Irvine and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project expect to get glimpses of how the anticipated rise in sea level will impact Newport Bay and its residents because of this year’s El Nino. The Newport Bay...