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Today is National Register To Vote Day, and in California, you can do it all online– it is a simple process that takes about 2 minutes to do! Registering to vote is as simple as filling out this form: https://covr.sos.ca.gov/?language=en-US Can’t remember if you are registered to vote in Newport or not?  You can check right here: https://www.ocvote.com/registration/verify-your-voter-registration/ — that link will also …

As today marks the End of Summer and the Beginning of Fall, we hope everyone got their fill of the great sun and surf our tiny city has to offer.  If not– fret not, because you’re in for another 6 weeks of it, if history is any guide! Our “Secret Summer” or “Locals Summer” (depending on who you talk to!) …

“One Hundred Years of Back and Forth” read the banner attached to the ferry, touring the harbor of Newport packed to the brim with party-goers as it toured throughout the harbor, well beyond its normal 810-ft route. Over the years, few Founding Families have made more of a lasting impact to our fair city than the Beek Family.  Being the …

Ahoy mateys!  Today is National Talk like a Pirate Day, and now it’s time to plan your trip to Catalina! Aye, from Thursday October 3rd through Sunday October 6th, Buccaneer Days will be celebrating their Big 3-0, with their 30th anniversary in Two Harbors on Catalina Island. This festival of pirates began as an unofficial event, with no booty required for …

Over the years, our small town has lost touch with not just its roots– but the people itself.  Today, the city operates as a ruling class over the citizens, rather a government run for the people, by the people.  Some examples, you might ask? 1) Back Bay Buoys. For years, the buoys on the back bay have wound up ensnared …

Did you feel it?  This writer was busy snoring! At 2:38:39Am Saturday morning (an erroneous earlier publication said “today”), an earthquake which immediately registered as a 3.5 sent its waves through Newport Beach. The quake was centered at 33.546°N 118.172°W, about 14 miles due WSW from Newport, between Balboa Peninsula and Catalina.  As Catalina blocks nearly all Ocean-Born quakes from generating …

Don’t miss out Sunday, September 15th starting at 11am for the Balboa Island Carnival and Taste of the Island, which will include Family Fun such events as Carnival Games, Great food, DJ music, Raffles & other prizes– and my personal favorite, the Pie-Eating Contest.  (if anyone has any pictures of me doing the contest last year, please post em!) More information on the …

It’s been 18 years since that fateful day– the day where everything changed, at 8:46am and 9:03am. A third plane then collided with the Pentagon at 9:37am, while a fourth plane later crashed in Pennsylvania at 10:03am after passengers fought with the hijackers on the flight. But instead of focusing on the tragedy at hand, I’d like to take a …

Did you feel it? At 1:21:49pm today, an earthquake which immediately registered as a 3.9 sent its waves through Newport Beach. The quake was centered at 33.598°N 117.260°W, about 36 miles due East from Newport, near Temecula. You can find more updated information, here: http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html and here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38824959/executive For more information about how to be prepared, check out our award-winning Civilian Emergency Response Team, CERT. Remember, …

In our exhaustive coverage of the crony-arranged Dog Beach meeting happening on Sept 11th– yes, seriously, they chose that date– we detailed two of the three speakers as being seriously high-paid government employees under Mayor Dixon, therefore carrying the water for her.  But we missed one of them: Garry Brown.  No, not the former governor of California Jerry Brown, but …