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Happy Halloween, beachdwellers! Tonight is a special night and remains one of my favorite holidays, to this day!  Remember that some people still use “live” candles in jack-o-lanterns, so baggy-clothed costumes for the young ones need to be watched carefully to ensure they don’t get too close (and also so they don’t trip!).  Inspect all candy.  Smile.  Greet your neighbors. …

After ownership changed hands earlier this year, BrewCo was on the slate for a possible remodel.  With the A/C broken and the underfloors flooding, it has become clear that a remodel is simply the only way to move forward for the owners. Along with the remodel comes a lot of improvements, though!  After the remodel, filtered, pristine water will now …

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In an email, Politician Duffy Duffield told me that he wants to clarify his Marijuana Grow Operation. Politician Duffy claims that the only reason he partitioned his land to be a growing facility was to sell it off, that zoning it for pot grow increased the value, and that he totally, seriously, absolutely does not grow pot.  He just wants …

In Newport Beach we have a population of about 87,000 people, and a whopping 32,000 of them aren’t even registered to vote.  Today is the last day to register vote!  If you are not registered by 5pm today, you will be unable to vote in this upcoming election.  You can register online right here, in just 60 seconds: http://savenewport.com/vote I spoke with …

If you were looking for some peace and quiet on the beach, it ain’t happening today or this weekend!  It is the third annual air show in Huntington Beach, for the first time this year it is renamed the Great Pacific Air Show. It begins today at 11 and will last until 4, but you can anticipate the show to …

In the last few days we’ve had rain, thunderstorms, one heck of a 360-degree lightning show, 65mph winds, and a “red fire” warning lasting until 8 p.m. last night. The rain was much needed. The thunderstorms were soothing. The lightning show was amazing. But that Santa Ana wind.  That was something else.  The last time we had gusts like that, …

This morning, at about 8 a.m., Newport Beach Police Department came to attend a call for an unresponsive victim sitting on the lifeguard tower on 15th Street. Upon arriving, it was clear that the man had expired. A pool of blood below the tower indicated that this was probably from a gunshot, whether self-inflicted or from a murder is unknown …

A bold claim like this needs a lot of references, so be prepared for a lot of citations. In a bombshell of an election-year scandal, our Mayor, Duffy Duffield, has been found to be growing the exact same plant that he prohibited other people from growing in 2015 (http://savenewport.com/2015/11/10/pot-ban-drug-cartels/ — which did cause a crime increase, as we predicted), and …

This year, Diane Dixon is up for re-election.  I waited to see if anyone else would file to run against her, but she has sufficiently terrified people from running, especially when she showed her true colors, using taxpayer resources in an attempt to defame people simply for not supporting one of her initiatives. So, approximately 15 minutes before the bell …