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Newport Beach Votes to Ban Bicycles & Strip Property Rights Today

Tonight, the Newport Beach City Council will be voting on two items of merit: The first one is a full-out ban of any bicycles on the boardwalk during summertime weekends, making the boardwalk PEDESTRIAN-ONLY, and forcing all traffic into the roadways. Merchants in the area say that about one-third of business comes from bicycles, so this could be a devastating …

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The Historic Balboa Saloon, Opening TODAY at 11am

Balboa Saloon by Jeff Arzouman

Today at 11am, the Balboa Saloon will reopen after having been closed for 7.5 months, due to the state and city governments forcing shutdowns in the name of a Coronavirus. The Balboa Saloon is a building which used to be a lot for car shows, a bath house, a bank, and so much more, before being converted into the local …

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What’s All The Hubub on the Harbor? It’s the WoW Parade HAPPENING NOW

This first-annual event is happening in the harbor as I write this. A quick steal from the official website, https://warheroesonwater.com/boatparade/ As part of our 2020 War Heroes on Water Reunion Tournament, we will be holding a very special patriotic Boat Parade. The first-annual event will enable local friends and family to celebrate our returning Veterans and share our collective appreciation for …

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Candidates on Council Dixon, Avery, Herdman: Propose Making the Boardwalk Pedestrian-Only

As we warned Tuesday, the proposed “Electric Bike Ban” was only one step in the full plan to ban all bicycles from the boardwalk. Many people could simply not bring themselves to believe that any politician would ever propose such an item. However, last Tuesday evening, in the council chambers, Councilwoman Diane Dixon (who is running for Assembly) made a …

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Council Considering Banning Electric Vehicles on Boardwalk

We’ve all seen ’em.  Speed-racers on the boardwalk.  From skateboarders to rollerbladers to bikes to Segways to scooters. The one thing they have in common?  No, not that they’re electric.  It’s that they’re speeding, silly. Well, instead of enforcing the speed limit, Newport Beach is going to ban electric propulsion systems, instead. That’s right, Diane Dixon’s Bike Ban proposal (http://savenewport.com/2017/05/30/bicycle-ban/) …

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Weekend Wrap-up: Earthquake and a Deadly PCH Crash

DEADLY PCH CRASH: First, our condolences to the families of the life that was lost on Sunday.  Early Sunday morning at 5:35am, Huntington Beach police attempted a traffic stop at the area of Goldenwest St and Ellis Ave on a black Honda Accord.  This vehicle, occupied by two adult males, was a stolen vehicle.  The vehicle did not yield to …

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Big Drama on the Big Island (Balboa Island GARAGE SALE this weekend!)

Balboa Island Garage Sale

It’s that time of year again, when Balboa Island hosts their community garage sale.  Each year, we are told that it will be their last one, as organizing it has become too cumbersome for the ones arranging it.  This year, local Newport Beach realtor Steve Roose decided to pick up the slack.  Saturday the 19th of September at 7:30am, Balboa …

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They’re Back– Now Carrying West Nile Virus

Orange County just experienced its first West Nile death by a man from Garden Grove, and the West Nile Virus has already been confirmed in Newport Beach this year. The new Aedes Mosquito (arriving here just two years ago) particularly likes biting around the ankles.  Bites from these mosquitoes may look familiar to people who have spent time in the …

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Balboa Island’s One-Way Signs Finally Being Removed, Today

Balboa Island One Way Signs by Anita Rovsek

The Balboa Boardwalk is finally reopening in both directions– an action that has been prohibited by decree since May 5th, when one-way signs were installed (ironically, the same day Huntington reopened their beaches and Newport removed fencing from the beaches in CdM). The city mandates required that instead of using the boardwalk as a two-way pathway to cross people, instead, people …

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OC Moves to “Red Tier”, Some Businesses Cleared for Reopening

As of this morning, OC officially moved into the “Red Tier” of the newest Coronavirus Reopening Advisement Measurement that has been proclaimed by edict from Gavin Newsom under the Constitutional Suspension provided by the declared “State of Emergency”, where even peacefully assembling on ones own property is regulated and even banned by government. Tiers and more information on this fabricated …

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