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Today, Orange County board of supervisors officially reopened Orange County. Our push to reopen Orange County on May 1st was big enough toforced the government’s hand and we appreciate the cooperation of officials on every level. This is not a free-for-all, and the virus is still out there. We need to take precautions to make sure that we do not …

An “Emergency Meeting” is being called by Mayor Will O’Neill today at 3pm, asking for the council to consider three items of importance: Whether or not to close the beaches (or roadways to the beaches) in light of the COVID influenza that currently has the nation under seige. Whether or not to support the County Board of Supervisors Ad-hoc Business …

Tensions are high right now and the fact is that this whole thing is a math problem to maximize health.   I am a mathematician and everybody seems to have an opinion that is contrary to math itself– mostly due to the Fear Machine running 24/7 on every news network, almost always with misinterpreted data.   The fact is that I– …

After intense pressure from the medical and academic math community, Newport Beach has finally re-opened the beach parking lots that the city manager illegally closed by herself without any legal authority nearly 2 weeks ago. Rumor has it that next weekend, the illegally closed boardwalks will also be reopened. It is clear that the curve being flattened (http://savenewport.com/2020/04/17/oc-has-successfully-flattened-the-curve/) occurred a …

Red Tide happens a lot, but the Lingulodinium polyedrum bacteria isn’t always present in them.  This time, it’s there, and that’s the cause of the Red Tide Glow moving up the coast from San Diego since Monday. The Lingulodinium polyedrum– often abbreviated as “L. polyedra”, but best known by its gangsta-rap name “L-Po”– is a bacteria which releases a bioluminescent glow when it is disturbed.  If …

“Its not that the curve has flattened, we’re on the other side of the curve and headed down!” – Dr. Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., F.A.C.R., Senior Physician Executive, Hoag Hospital April 15 update. After 3 weeks of quarantining for a virus that takes 2 weeks to spread, OC has successfully flattened the curve. Now that we have gotten through this, the question remains: …

Beginning today, the Newport Beach City Manager has decided to close the park at the Wedge known as West Jetty Park.  She will also begin to close off the entire boardwalk on Balboa Island beginning Saturday, April 11th.  This is in addition to the closure of the Balboa Peninsula Boardwalk. But here’s the kicker: Unfortunately, since the council did not …

Last Friday at 4pm, the Newport Beach City Council decided proclaim authority over– and to ban– short-term rentals until May the 20th.  That’s 7 weeks of rentals that the city is telling homeowners they cannot recoup.  From a legal point of view, what the city has effectively done is seize the property.  And therefore, the city is on the hook …

Did you feel it?  That 4.6 was just upgraded to a 4.9– a real gentle rumbler. At 6:53:18pm today, an earthquake sent its waves through Newport Beach. The quake was centered at 33.493°N 116.504°W, about 80 miles due East from Newport. You can find more updated information, here: http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html and here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39126079/executive For more information about how to be prepared, check out our award-winning Civilian …

Today at Noon, Newport’s Tsunami Warning System will be tested, audibly. The city claims that they regularly test these sirens on the First Friday of each month, but they usually just test the rotation of the devices, not the sound.  This time ‘around, the city intends to make sure that the sound from the sirens reach the intended coverage areas.  …