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By Andrea Adelson | LB Indy Eighteen people qualified as June primary candidates in the congressional race for District 48, which covers Newport Beach, including the last-minute entry of former Orange County GOP chair Scott Baugh. Baugh, who served five years in the state...

The Orange County District Attorney confiscated the petitions for the failed recall attempt of Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter last week. There are “potential irregularities,” according to authorities. Peotter addressed the matter in his recent newsletter, saying...

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...

Following months of campaigning on both sides of a divisive recall effort in Newport Beach, officials have found the petition to be short by about 100 valid signatures. The petition to recall City Councilman Scott Peotter had an insufficient amount of signatures (by 106...

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...

Submitting documents to the city clerk is typically a routine process in local government, but the delivery of three boxes full of paperwork at Newport Beach City Hall Friday morning was a historical step. About a dozen supporters and members of the Committee to Recall Scott...

The local 2018 election season is off to an early start, and could play out much differently than usual if a community recall effort is successful. A potential special election, due to the possible recall of Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter, is causing prospective...

The latest developments in the recall effort of Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter – and the opposition fighting it – includes fundraisers, spreading the word, setting up informational booths around town, and a complaint filed with a state board. Resident...

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....

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...

In an effort to oust Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter, a group of opponents served him a notice of recall during a council meeting this week. Paul Blank, 30-year resident of Corona del Mar and Harbor Commission chairman, led the charge Tuesday night during the public...

Newport Beach Police Department’s dispatch center was notified of an assault at a residence in the 800 block of 15th Street at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday, according to authorities. Officers arrived and contacted the victim, who had fled to a neighbor’s home for safety, a NBPD press...

Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter’s opinion is clear in his Jan. 27 newsletter: “I think Newport Beach ought to oppose the sanctuary city movement. What do you think?” The email newsletter was sent just two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to deny...

A Newport Beach City Council candidate can use his well-known nickname on the ballot, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday. A Newport Beach resident filed a lawsuit last week in an effort to require council candidate Fred Ameri (district 7) to use his given name...

  Accusations were flying, tempers were flaring, and the gavel was pounding Tuesday night in Newport Beach City Council Chambers. After 45 minutes of discussion and argument, Newport Beach City Council voted 4-2 to remove Councilman Keith Curry as chairman of the Finance...

A Newport Beach man was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for writing multiple bad checks totaling more than $200,000, the Orange County District Attorney’s office reported. Richard Scott Bloustine, 50, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand theft, 10 felony counts...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2015. This week, we cover July through December. Read Part 1, January through June here July ► Bishop J. Jon Bruno of the Los Angeles Diocese for the Episcopal Church, who...

After more than two hours and nearly three dozen speakers addressing the Newport Beach City Council about Councilman Scott Peotter’s email newsletter that contained his comments about the Supreme court’s decision on same sex marriage and his possible misuse of the city seal,...

An emailed newsletter from Newport Beach City Councilman Scott Peotter that includes his opinion on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, has created a backlash of controversy. Peotter’s newsletter, sent last Monday, had at the top an image of the Newport...

After about three hours and a lot of back and forth discussions during both the study session and the regular meeting, Newport Beach City Council adopted the $282.43 million 2015-16 budget with a few revisions. Council voted 4-3 to adopt the budget, with Marshall “Duffy”...