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Newport Beach Public Works staff presented an “early look” into the proposed 2018-19 Capital Improvement Program during Tuesday’s City Council study session. The CIP outlines what will be spent on new and ongoing projects throughout the city, and when the work is expected to take...

The Newport Beach Fire Department held two key events over the past several weeks: the 20th Annual Fire & Lifeguard Appreciation Dinner on Sept. 21, and the annual Open House last Sunday. Hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Newport Beach Fire and Lifeguard...

The Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards need a new home. Now in its 33rd year, the seven-week summer program teaches ocean safety and swimming to children ages nine through fifteen. It is so popular that the city runs both a morning and an afternoon session to accommodate the number...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during the second half of  2014. Read part 1 here. July — Ben Carlson, 32, a 15-year veteran Newport Beach lifeguard, died while attempting to rescue a swimmer in distress. Carlson...

On Tuesday evening a group of us was enjoying a rollicking conversation about baseball when from out of left field came a comment from a man of a certain age about the City’s decision to examine the outsourcing of the part-time lifeguards who patrol Corona del Mar State Beach....

Outsourcing lifeguards was the topic of discussion between city officials and residents during a local resident’s association meeting Thursday morning. About 36 people crowded into a meeting room for Corona del Mar Residents Association’s monthly board meeting, which featured...

Nearly 100 people gave a little bit of themselves on Wednesday for a good cause. The American Red Cross Lifeguard Challenge blood drive capped off the summer-long campaign in Newport Beach on Wednesday. At the Newport Pier, 97 beach visitors, locals, city staff members and...