After a massive 2,000 diesel leak which apparently began from a generator at Mission Hospital Laguna Beach, which then drained into a gutter and then into a storm drain, and out to the ocean, beaches Totuava and Thousand Steps have closed. People reported strong odors from far and wide– so far we received reports from Anton Norac up in Bolsa Chica, with Ephraim S. …

If you’ve ever been to a council meeting, you know how hard it can be to stay awake sometimes.  The droning on of technical details is only engaging numbers-people, like me.  But when things get turned upside down, there can be some epic smackdowns with numbers– most of these smackdowns fly over peoples heads because it just sounds like more …

Yesterday, all cities in OC– except Newport– were declared “Open for Recreation Only”  after a lawsuit filed by Councilman Kevin Muldoon sought to reopen the beaches from Governor Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional order violating the 1st Amendment’s rights to peaceably assemble. Newport– which filed the exact same petitions to reopen as the other cities, and earlier than some of them– was …

Huntington, Dana Point, and Seal Beach have been granted a reprieve from the governor’s shutdown of beaches– as long as everyone is “active” on the beaches.   HB and SB submitted their plans over the weekend, along with Newport Beach.  Dana Point submitted the same plan on Monday.  All were approved– except Newport.  This is on the heels of the lawsuit by …

To some, the beach is meaningless.  To others, it is their life.  Surfing, swimming, tanning, playing sports, or simply watching the waves, the beach means many things to do many people. A manager at Dory Deli took this photograph of a couple in their sunset years watching the waves at Blackies the only way they could: by sitting on a …

Despite heavy rhetoric from councilpeople to oppose it, today, the Newport Beach City Council had “magic happen” in closed session– so we don’t know who supported what– and the end result was to seal off beach access to citizens.  A “hard close”, allowing zero people on the beach– due to an unconstitutional, retributive order from Gavin Newsom’s office, in direct conflict …

Earlier today, Gavin Newsom backed down from his threat to shut down the entire coastal area of California and instead said he was going to do a “hard close” on the beaches.  He said that he was “working with the county” to accomplish this, a statement that Orange County (Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, and County Counsel) universally said was untrue, …

Here is a timeline of events for those who have not yet realized the magnitude of what is happening here: 5 days ago, on April 25, the OC Register infamously published an article which inaccurately represented the number of people visiting Newport Beach by publishing a photo that looked like there were far more people on the beach than there …

There is much confusion with the reopening of OC– are we open?  Are we closed? Maximum thank-yous are necessary to County Board of Supervisors Michelle Steel and Don Wagner.  It needs to be made clear: Don Wagner and Michelle Steel were in favor of opening OC earlier and releasing citizens from government mandated shutdowns, but they simply did not have …

Yesterday, the OC Board of Supervisors voted to #ReopenOC.  You can read the guidelines for reopening, here: http://savenewport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/text.txt — as you can see, this isn’t micro-managing businesses or trying to put a one-size-fits-all approach to them.  Each business will need to determine best practices. Also yesterday– just an hour later– Newport Beach quickly voted to adopt the same policies, with resolution 2020-41 …