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This Saturday morning at 5:46am, a Delta II rocket launch will be powering the NASA’s ICESat-2 spacecraft in orbit from the Vandenberg Airforce Base. The last two launches have faced delays and we didn’t get the amazing show that was promised from the pictures (like this one, featuring SpaceX’s satellite launch).  Computer models show that if the launch takes place …

On September 11th, may we remember all the lives lost on this day 17 years ago, also on a Tuesday.  The memory of that day seems so crystal clear in my mind that it is difficult for me to believe that it was truly so long ago. On that Tuesday, the attacks took between 8:46am and 10:28am eastern time (or 5:46am …

Well, we all know that the peninsula’s “Summer” ends every year on Labor Day, but even while the official season doesn’t end until September 22nd, we see all the seasonal changes already, from the parking lots to the beaches!  So if you survived the parking, the traffic, and the tourists jamming up your favorite establishments, those days are over this …

UPDATE: *FANTASTIC NEWS* They found her alive. She was found on Linda Island working on another boat, unaware that the search efforts were for her. Today at around 1:30pm, a person was reported missing from the anchorage in between Bay, Lido, and Harbor islands.  This anchorage is a temporary anchorage and not a permanent mooring.  It is not yet known …

The buzz around town is that in the past month the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District (OCMVCD) confirmed 26 new Aedes Mosquito infestation locations, including inside Newport Beach.  Bites from these mosquitoes may look familiar to people who have spent time in the South, most often looking like “chigger” bites– but far more painful. These non-native and aggressive day-biting …

Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3, 2018, there will be DUI Saturation Patrols throughout the city, and concentrated in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests. Unfortunately, the Labor Day holiday weekend is one of the deadliest times of year in terms of alcohol-involved traffic deaths, with a third of all fatal collisions involving drunk drivers. “We …

As Football season starts, I hope you are all gearing up to join me in rooting against the Jags! 🙂 I know many people made a tradition out of going to Rudy’s for football, but now Rudy’s has been closed— and what a wild ride Rudy’s had.  After it was “DPs”, there was a guy whose name was actually Rudy.  …

If you like your clam chowder with a side of “Don’t Look Up Here”, get it soon, because the Crab Cooker’s last weekend is coming up. The easily-identifiable fish market and resturaunt has been open for 67 years, with one manager there for 50 years and some of their waitresses for over 40.  This weekend, though, the business will be closing …

Yesterday, on National Dog Day, multiple dog catcher squads caused even more confusion by preventing people from using Newport land to traverse into the County Dog Beach, leaving people to believe that this is not a legal Dog Beach. To be abundantly clear: The county’s Dog Beach has exactly the same legal standing as Huntington’s Dog Beach.  Now, Newport is …

Today is National Dog Day! My first dog was a stray poodle we adopted called “Licker” because when we found him he was so grateful, he kept licking everyone for the next several months. My second dog was a stray black lab that we named “Baby”, because she was so young when we first saw her (she was running with …