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For any Newport Beach resident who thought that their vote doesn’t matter, think again. In the tightest race in years, only 36 votes separated the two candidates for the District 3 City Council seat in the results certified by the Orange County Registrar of Voters on Saturday....

Results from Tuesday’s Newport Beach City Council election are a mixed bag, with two incumbents and one challenger coming out on top, while one race is still too narrow to call. In probably the most heated race this year, challenger Joy Brenner unseated incumbent Scott Peotter...

As the Past Chair of the Newport Beach Host Town Committee for Special Olympics and director for many local community service organizations, I was a little shocked to read the letter by Tim Stephan’s stating that: “Kevin Muldoon has shown little interest for the community.” He is...

Balboa Island and Balboa Peninsula owe deep gratitude to this City Council for fighting the Federal Government the past two years. The Federal Emergency Management Agency changed its flood maps to include all of Balboa Island and much more of the Peninsula. This would have...

Seven Orange County cities have sales tax increases on their ballots this year.  Without question, these are all pension taxes. Pensions are crowding out basic services across the County. But not here in Newport Beach. In 2014, a wave of new candidates ran on a platform of...

Most of the 2018 Newport Beach City Council candidates participated in another forum this week and, on top of being questioned about several important local issues, were asked to explain some of their own comments made at previous forums. Speak Up Newport hosted a candidate forum...

The first Newport Beach City Council candidate forum of the year featured a range of topics, both agreement and disagreement between candidates, and a few jokes and jabs. About 100 people attended the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a forum to “Meet the Candidates” on...

Time for round two. Fight promoter and Newport Beach Parks, Beaches, and Recreation Commissioner Roy Englebrecht announced Monday that he would again run for City Council. Englebrecht ran in 2014, but lost to Kevin Muldoon to represent district 4, which covers Eastbluff, One Ford...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover July through December. (For part 1, click here) (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   July ► Longtime...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

Newport Beach City Council got the ball rolling Tuesday on the General Plan update, but slowed the roll down to a crawl in an effort to be transparent, engage and inform the community, and take their time considering a potential update. The General Plan provides the policy basis...

Newport Beach residents may or may not have noticed, but the statue of Ronald Reagan has moved. The sculpture of the former U.S. president, which has been in Bonita Canyon Sports Park for several years, is now placed on the grassy corner of Avocado Avenue and San Miguel Drive in...

Those invited to deliver an invocation before Newport Beach City Council meetings now have less restrictions that they have in the past. The city amended City Council Policy A-19 at the last city council meeting, effectively replacing the original resolution passed in 2004....

The Newport Beach Arts Commission is taking matters into its own hands. Bound by promises made by former councils, the current Newport Beach City Council warily agreed to fund Phase III of the rotating sculpture exhibition during their April 11 council meeting. Their blessing...

In a late night twist rarely seen during Newport Beach City Council meetings, council members reconsidered an item (related to harbor and mooring regulations) that had been approved earlier in the evening, then re-voted on the item and changed the outcome. Mayor Kevin Muldoon...

Newport Beach has officially been recognized as the first Deaf-Friendly City in America. The Deaf United World Alliance Foundation and sign language application provider Language People commemorated the occasion with Mayor Kevin Muldoon at Marina Park last Friday. At five Newport...

In his address to the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce at the Wake Up! Newport event on Thursday morning, Mayor Kevin Muldoon proclaimed March 12 to be Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Day, commemorating the organization’s 110th anniversary on the date of its creation in 1907....

Newport Beach Mayor Kevin Muldoon, who made a State of the City address at the annual Mayor’s Dinner on Feb. 10, attended the Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Bayside Restaurant this week and told the audience that the city was still in good shape. “I’m the new...

Moments of amusement, seriousness, and somberness all occurred throughout the night during an event last week. Newport Beach Mayor Kevin Muldoon gave a “State of the City” speech at Speak Up Newport’s 36th Annual Mayor’s Dinner on Feb. 10. About 400 people attended the event at...

By Kevin Muldoon / Newport Beach Mayor Pro Tem The same City staff that incurred $281 million dollars in debt service to finance the Civic Center Complex doesn’t want the voters to have a say in the amount of debt financing required for large projects. If you watched the July 26...