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By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy A question about identifying foreign security threats to the United States elicited both half jests and dead serious replies at a candidate forum in Irvine Tuesday. The five Democrats featured on the panel are bidding to challenge the Republican...

By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy With the national reckoning over sexual harassment as the backdrop, six candidates who want to represent Orange County’s coastal cities, including Newport Beach, in Congress took to a stage in Costa Mesa last week to stake their claim as champions of...

By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy None of the eight Democratic congressional candidates running to unseat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the 48th District in November received enough votes to win the state Democratic Party’s endorsement. Winning approval is a coveted trophy among a crowded...

A packed candidate forum in Newport Beach shed light on the field of eight Democratic hopefuls looking to oust the 48th Congressional District incumbent, Dana Rohrabacher, who silenced speculation about his future intentions this week. “I am unequivocally running f...

Dana Rohrabacher, who has represented California’s 48th congressional district for 13 terms, is running for reelection. Elected in 1988, the California Republican has served under six presidents and even wrote speeches for fellow Californian Ronald Reagan before he entered the...

Is Newport Beach turning blue? Harley Rouda, the front-runner in a slew of Democratic candidates for the 48th Congressional District, which includes Newport, certainly hopes so. The businessman-turned-first-time-political-candidate held a town hall at Bonita Creek Community...

Vice President Mike Pence visited Newport Beach today for a political fundraiser at the Resort at Pelican Hill. A crowd of about 40 protesters showed up with signs and chants outside the Newport Coast resort, as well as a heavy presence of police. There was also a small group of...

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...

Donna Furey | NB Indy Harley Rouda, a Democratic candidate for the 48th Congressional District which includes Newport Beach, says he’s “neck-and-neck” with the longtime incumbent, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, in terms of fundraising. Rohrabacher, of Costa Mesa, who won re-election with...

According to a press release from Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter, the Orange County Republican Party has passed a resolution opposing the recall filed against him. “The OCGOP stands firmly with Councilman Scott Peotter in opposition to the proposed recall. Scott has...

Op/Ed by Keith Curry By now, Newport Beach Republicans have received direct mail telling us that Lee Lowrey and Will O’Neill are the “endorsed” Republican candidates. Since all of the candidates running in all of the districts are Republicans, some of them party activists since...

More than 60 Newport Beach residents spent an early morning with Congressman John Campbell this week. The NB Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Wake Up! Newport meeting was held early Thursday in the Friend’s Room at the library. Campbell was November’s special guest speaker. He...

Brief: Marina Park Project Update As part of the Marina Park project, West Bay Avenue (between 18th and 19th Streets) and the 19th Street Restrooms are now closed. Temporary fencing is up, and both the seawall along West Bay Avenue and restroom demolition will begin on Sept. 8...