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The Newport Beach City Council will hold a study session about the updated flood map next week. City staff will share the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency flood map with Council and the public during a study session at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Council chambers. The revision...

“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...

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...

The city is building a seawall, or, rather, placing a cap on to extend the height of the current wall. Newport Beach City council voted 6-0 Tuesday to add an approximate 9-inch concrete cap extension to the existing seawall on the north, south and west sides of Balboa Island....

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...

Audience members both applauded and booed last week after the Newport Beach Planning Commission unanimously approved a controversial high-rise residential project in Newport Center. Council chambers were packed at the Oct. 20 meeting, with many speaking during the public comment...

Details were revealed and questions were answered this week about the contentious Museum House project during a community meeting. A passionate crowd of about 125 people packed into the Community Room at the Newport Beach Civic Center for Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting...

There is so much scientific and engineering data regarding the known and projected effects of global warming on the world – and Newport Beach specifically – that one could easily drown in the facts long before the seas hit flood stage on a regular basis. Newport Beach Director of...