A fun, educational, and free adventure for the family!  This Friday, step back in time to the days of Tallships when Newport’s own “Pilgrim of Newport” returns to her port of origin here in Newport Beach. Tallships are works of Oak, Fir, and Pine– and are built for sheer power and strength. Their speed and ability to carry cargo was unmatched in …

Everyones favorite car salesman, Cal Worthington, with his “dog, Spot”. While they were retired in the mid 80s, the memories of all the “Spots” live on! Cal left us September 9th, 2013 at the age of 92. Did you ever call Cal when you needed a car?

Please LIKE and SHARE! Tomorrow night at 7:36pm, the moon will begin to rise from the direction of East (for you areo or nautical buffs, it’s at a heading of 87 degrees). It will have a luminosity at nearly 100% and will appear very large as it is rising. But don’t miss it– after only 10-20 minutes you will begin …

While we’ve noisily building momentum on Facebook over the last year, SaveNewport now has over 2,800 subscribers and a weekly reach of more than 35,000 people in [mostly] Newport Beach.  Some weeks, our reach peaks over 6 figures!  As a project that I started simply to help raise awareness of our city council and management, this has grown further than I had …

“Cold Beer, Hearty Faire, Live Music, Plenty of Fun… and More Beer!” Saturday, September 27, 2014 2 pm – 5 pm For those of you who can’t make it to Germany for Oktoberfest this year, you can celebrate with the Balboa Bay Resort at their first-annual OktoberFestival – the large party will kick off the Oktoberfest season!  This will be a new, modern take …

CdM’s Coastline Classic Car Show begins today at 10am.  This classic car show benefits The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, and will last until 4pm today.  Tickets are $15 (kids under 12 are free), and do not include parking (shuttles provided free of cost for off-site parking) Doors open at 10am, and at 11am commentators will begin. From 10am to 2pm, the event …

We are looking for photos of this weekend’s waves to be republished (with credit to you, of course!) Today the waves are going crazy, and yesterday we witnessed two boards being split within about 10 minutes of each other… always a sad sight, but what a set! Do you have photos that you’d like to share of this weekends waves– …

Don’t tell the non-adventurous, but Mavericks Gastro Pub on Balboa Peninsula is now serving vodka-infused gummybears, and they are dangerously delicious! (So are their burgers, fried chicken, and shockingly-delicious pickle chips!) Mavericks is a new Gastropub located on the corner of Palm and Balboa, at the location of the old Bubbles.

Huge numbers for blue whales sightings recently, with the warm waters of the coming El Nino pushing them up from their normal habitats.  Combined local counts in the last week (8/31 – 9/5) show: 10 blue whales, 3 Fin Whales, many thousands of common dolphin and a few dozen bottlenose dolphin spotted off Newport’s coast alone. These numbers suggest that there …

Today’s waves at the Wedge are courtesy of Hurricane Norbert. Expect 12 foot waves at the Wedge, with occasional 15 footers (or more!). High tide will be at 7pm today, just in time to begin your wave-filled weekend! High tide on Saturday will be at both 8:10am and 7:45pm. Sunday afternoon’s waves will be the peak of the sessions, with …