On Monday, July 18th, Newport Beach City Council unanimously voted to affirm the very Dock Tax that the 2014 group vowed to “STOP”.  The Dock Tax is a clear violation of Prop13 according to the OC Assessor, who sets property value. The 2014 “Stop the Dock Tax” group consisting of Mayor Kevin Muldoon, Scott Peotter, and of course– Diane Dixon joined in …

Dave Granoff was appointed to the Parks, Beaches, and Recreation Committee by his personal friend Diane Dixon.  This person, Dave Granoff, was ordered to pay into the hundreds of thousands of dollars along with his friends for the illegal bulldozing of the sand dunes, who paid thousands of dollars to settle a Newport Beach Police investigation into him involving grand theft …

Thursday at 12:50pm, Newporter Todd Hill served up a tip that he spotted a whale inside the channel after passing under the Balboa Blvd bridge. “Really?” I said. Jokingly, he swore he hadn’t been drinking. A whale it was! A baby gray whale measuring in at just over 20 feet (an adult generally measures about 50 feet). I posted online …

Throwback Thursdays are coming back! After a long hiatus– and due to popular demand– our most popular feature of SaveNewport is coming back after a mere 20 months of regular absence! 🙂 As we all know, the Bay Arcade is closing down in just 10 more days.  Here are some pictures of it throughout Newport’s history– can you pick out the …

Diane Dixon is scheduled to do a Damage Control Tour over the next few weeks.  Being the only candidate who is actually somehow negative in her fundraising totals after years of being in office, she is holding “Question and Answer” fundraising events throughout the city.  I will be the first to admit that Dixon comes off as a decent person …

August 9-13 is the peak night to watch the Perseid meteor shower!  (It will continue until the 13th, but Wednesday is really “the night”!).  The moon will be out every day until morning– but our prospects for clear weather are good, so we should be getting a very clear view, too, according to the ClearSkyChart. You can best view the Perseids …

Happy birthday to us! Yes, we’ve been around quite a bit longer than just three years, but today is the third anniversary of the official launch of the savenewport.com domain name! The original Facebook page was founded way back in 2013, and as it grew, we added Twitter, and eventually its official website.  Right now, we are receiving an average of 10,000 views per day– …

Are you a kid, a kid-at-heart, a fisherman, or a cook?  One of the last big annual Grunion Runs is happening this on Monday! Grunion are a species of fish that spawn on the beaches after new or full moons during the summertime, and joining in to watch or participate in the grunion run is a famous pasttime for our long history …

The deadline for returning campaign disclosures was yesterday, August 1st. These campaign disclosures release the information that was available from the beginning of the year until July 31st. I previously stated that if an incumbent doesn’t have $20k in the bank, it’s a sign of them not being able to be taken seriously at this point in the game. Yesterday, …

Tomorrow is the deadline for city council officials to turn in their work, so let’s look at how they are doing so far, and who they face as opponents going forward: First, a comprehensive list of everyones financial disclosures can be found here: http://www.newportbeachca.gov/government/departments/city-clerk/filings/campaign-disclosure-statements Our city council candidates who have filed early are: Brad Avery:  who has over $16k cash on-hand …