News

TONIGHT through Thursday night will be the peak nights to watch the Orionids meteor shower, starting from the 21st to the 23rd of October.  Actually, it will technically be Tuesday night through Friday morning– but you get the drift!  The waxing gibbous moon will be out the during the evening hours, but it will set before the prime time viewing …

This weekend, Trump visited the Newport Beach home of Oculus co-founder and billionaire Lido Isle resident, Palmer Luckey.  A “Mega MAGA Boat Parade” was launched, but the secret service enlisted local authorities to keep significant distance from the house– at least four rooftop snipers included.  The Beach Boys played– minus Brian Wilson.  Streets, sidewalks, and the harbor were overflowing in …

Sunday at noon, at Palmer Luckey’s house on Lido Isle (Luckey is of Oculus fame), there will reportedly be a fundraiser for Trump, and Trump himself is reportedly visiting.  UPDATE: Confirmed@12:21pm via Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) System.  Trump will be visiting. Our weather department has forecasted very, very heavy traffic with a chance of light to moderate protests.  Peninsula residents already …

Tonight, the Newport Beach City Council will be voting on two items of merit: The first one is a full-out ban of any bicycles on the boardwalk during summertime weekends, making the boardwalk PEDESTRIAN-ONLY, and forcing all traffic into the roadways. Merchants in the area say that about one-third of business comes from bicycles, so this could be a devastating …

Today at 11am, the Balboa Saloon will reopen after having been closed for 7.5 months, due to the state and city governments forcing shutdowns in the name of a Coronavirus. The Balboa Saloon is a building which used to be a lot for car shows, a bath house, a bank, and so much more, before being converted into the local …

This first-annual event is happening in the harbor as I write this. A quick steal from the official website, https://warheroesonwater.com/boatparade/ As part of our 2020 War Heroes on Water Reunion Tournament, we will be holding a very special patriotic Boat Parade. The first-annual event will enable local friends and family to celebrate our returning Veterans and share our collective appreciation for …

As we warned Tuesday, the proposed “Electric Bike Ban” was only one step in the full plan to ban all bicycles from the boardwalk. Many people could simply not bring themselves to believe that any politician would ever propose such an item. However, last Tuesday evening, in the council chambers, Councilwoman Diane Dixon (who is running for Assembly) made a …

We’ve all seen ’em.  Speed-racers on the boardwalk.  From skateboarders to rollerbladers to bikes to Segways to scooters. The one thing they have in common?  No, not that they’re electric.  It’s that they’re speeding, silly. Well, instead of enforcing the speed limit, Newport Beach is going to ban electric propulsion systems, instead. That’s right, Diane Dixon’s Bike Ban proposal (http://savenewport.com/2017/05/30/bicycle-ban/) …

DEADLY PCH CRASH: First, our condolences to the families of the life that was lost on Sunday.  Early Sunday morning at 5:35am, Huntington Beach police attempted a traffic stop at the area of Goldenwest St and Ellis Ave on a black Honda Accord.  This vehicle, occupied by two adult males, was a stolen vehicle.  The vehicle did not yield to …

It’s that time of year again, when Balboa Island hosts their community garage sale.  Each year, we are told that it will be their last one, as organizing it has become too cumbersome for the ones arranging it.  This year, local Newport Beach realtor Steve Roose decided to pick up the slack.  Saturday the 19th of September at 7:30am, Balboa …