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A lighthouse-like structure at the Newport Harbor entrance may welcome sailors in the future, as one local described at a meeting this week. Keith Yonkers presented the idea to the Newport Beach Harbor Commission on Wednesday. He is proposing a public-private project to build a...

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...

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...

New sculptures are headed for the Newport Beach Civic Center Park. On Tuesday, City Council approved the Arts Commission’s proposed placement for nine sculptures and one alternate in the park by city hall. The works make up Phase III of the city’s rotating sculpture exhibition...

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...

A reluctant Newport Beach City Council mulled over the city Arts Commission’s agenda item on Tuesday night. As the agency responsible for selecting the city’s public art displays, the Arts Commission had requested both funds and contract approval for Arts Orange County to manage...

A Newport Beach boating enthusiast shared an idea this week of statues of local celebrities and characters placed around the harbor to welcome and guide people. Longtime Newport Beach resident Mike Lawler suggested the idea at a Chamber of Commerce Marine Committee meeting on...

Just steps away from the spot where he made his last rescue exactly two years ago, a larger than life statue of the fallen Newport Beach lifeguard Ben Carlson was unveiled Wednesday, forever watching over the sand and water he cared so deeply for. More than 1,000 friends, family...

Nearly a year after Benjamin Carlson, a longtime Newport Beach lifeguard, lost his life while rescuing a swimmer in distress, the Newport Beach city council this week approved a statue honoring Carlson to be placed in McFadden Square near the new lifeguard station that bears his...

A memorial statue of lifeguard Ben Carlson took another step towards completion last week when the city’s Arts Commission voted to recommend to the City Council that the city accepts the sculpture to be created and donated by the Ben Carlson Foundation. The recommendation had...

A life size sculpture of Ben Carlson, the Newport Beach lifeguard who lost his life last year on July 6 while saving the life of a distressed swimmer, is one step closer to reality thanks to a positive response from the Newport Beach Arts Commission. At the Feb. 12 Arts...

City Council unanimously voted last week to rename the lifeguard headquarters as “Benjamin M. Carlson Lifeguard Headquarters.” More than 100 people attended the Nov. 12 meeting, including several Newport Beach Fire Department fire and lifeguard staff. On July 6, Ben Carlson...

Three City Council members are personally funding a $5,000 reward for the Ronald Reagan statue vandal, and the sculptor told the Independent that she does not believe the attack was politically motivated. Newport Beach City Councilman Keith Curry, who first proposed the reward at...

For four decades, they soared above the bustle of Fashion Island, legs gracefully curving upward, outstretched arms passing batons. The “Skydivers” sculpture by Aris Demetrios was dismantled and removed as part of the retail center’s remodel last year, but the three figures may...

The bronze statue of late President Ronald Reagan slated for dedication in Newport Beach later this year is nearing completion. Local Balboa Island sculptor Miriam Baker has finished the full-size statue of Reagan and is putting the finishing touches on it at a local Orange...

Police are investigating two office burglaries that occurred in the same building in he same time period and totaled approximately $88,870 in losses. The Newport Beach Police Department responded to two burglary calls at an office building the 3300 block of W. Coast Highway. The...

A statue to commemorate the centennial of 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan, which was tentatively slated to go into Castaways Park, will instead be erected in Bonita Canyon Sports Park. Newport Beach City Manager Dave Kiff was assigned to decide the fate of the Reagan statue...

The Newport Beach Independent has obtained the proposal and photographs of a proposed statue of former President Ronald Reagan that is fast becoming the odds-on favorite to be the one chosen by the City to commemorate the former President’s 100th Centennial. Miriam Baker,...

The artists vying for a potential $50,000 commission to create and build a statue of President Reagan in Newport Beach range from local artists based in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach to out-of-state hopefuls from across the county, including Washington, Utah and Texas. Exactly...

A controversial statue of President Reagan moved a step closer to reality this week as 15 artists’ proposals were received by the city by the Wednesday afternoon deadline. The prize for the winning artist: a $50,000 contract to create a statue of the former California governor...