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*** Boat Parade tomorrow in Newport Beach, read to bottom for details! *** Sheriff Don Barnes, who was elected in the 2018 election cycle to serve for 4 years (linked here), took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States as the Supreme Law of the Land.  Recently, when Gavin Newsom illegally ordered the beaches to be shut down …

Early today, OC was approved for reopening restaurants, immediately– today– with restrictions. See approval list, here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/County_Variance_Attestation_Form.aspx Regulations, suggestions, and rules for reopening can be found here: http://savenewport.com/2020/05/21/released-restaurant-reopening-guidelines-by-federal-and-state-authorities/ It should be noted that not all of these are requirements.  Please pay close attention to words like “should”, “must”, “may”, and “can”. Enjoy– be safe– and… Enjoy 🙂

Earlier today, city workers removed the blockade for city beaches– including Blackies Beach.  This is a good sign for reopening for this weekend from the Governor’s office– we’ll update when we hear more. At 9am, Catalina Island began accepting boats again.  Catalina is OPEN, too! We will update on the status of Gavin Newsom allowing state-sanctioned reopening in OC later …

As it looks like California will be opening sooner rather than later (a lot sooner, OC is submitting their request for approval today), these guidelines are important to understand and implement quickly for those who serve food and/or drink. Last week, California released new regulations for restaurants, which will largely apply to bars as well (along with inevitable additional regulations for …

Yesterday, Orange County had its highest death rate yet– an eye-popping 10 patients dying when our normal tally is somewhere between zero and three.  What caused the surge?  Gavin Newsom issued an executive order just like the one that New York did under Governor Cuomo– an EO that actually forces nursing homes to take in people who are actively infected with …

As we reported yesterday, the ABC was ready to release the forms for outdoor dining (linked here). Today, they’ve done that, nearly a week ahead of schedule.  We suspect this is going to end up in bottlenecks so let’s cut to the chase: Tag a business owner or send this to them so they can fill out the form, here: …

The California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is getting ready to make special COVID-only regulations to allow bars and restaurants to reopen. They have already suspended enforcement of the following legal prohibitions on a temporary basis: Returns of Alcoholic Beverages Retail-to-Retail Transactions Extension of Credit On-Sale Retailers Exercising Off-Sale Privileges Sales of Alcoholic Beverages To-Go Drive-Thru Windows for Off-Sale Transactions Hours of …

In a well-located bar with so many memories for so many people, the Shamrock announced that the impacts of government-forced closures for bars and restaurants for the last 9 weeks have forced it to shut its doors forever.  On Friday, May 15th, the pub announced the closure: Last call: It’s with a heavy heart and tears in our eyes we announce …

  ORANGE COUNTY FLYOVER Keep an eye towards Irvine for a few minutes after 1:35pm today and again straight up just a few minutes before 2pm as the Thunderbirds fly over Newport Beach today.   MICHELLE STEEL BACKS DOWN, BACKS NEWSOM’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER AUTHORITY? OC Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel is choosing now– of all times– to back off …

This morning at approximately 8:30am, the boardwalk was being reopened by city workers. The boardwalk was originally closed by our City Manager, illegally, without a public vote, without public comment, without an agenda, and after a secret, unrecorded meeting, after our city council illegally abdicated their powers to her. We are happy to be bestowed some sense of normalcy. The …