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Orange County just experienced its first West Nile death by a man from Garden Grove, and the West Nile Virus has already been confirmed in Newport Beach this year. The new Aedes Mosquito (arriving here just two years ago) particularly likes biting around the ankles.  Bites from these mosquitoes may look familiar to people who have spent time in the …

The Balboa Boardwalk is finally reopening in both directions– an action that has been prohibited by decree since May 5th, when one-way signs were installed (ironically, the same day Huntington reopened their beaches and Newport removed fencing from the beaches in CdM). The city mandates required that instead of using the boardwalk as a two-way pathway to cross people, instead, people …

As of this morning, OC officially moved into the “Red Tier” of the newest Coronavirus Reopening Advisement Measurement that has been proclaimed by edict from Gavin Newsom under the Constitutional Suspension provided by the declared “State of Emergency”, where even peacefully assembling on ones own property is regulated and even banned by government. Tiers and more information on this fabricated …

In the early morning hours of August 20th, a very unique car pulled up to Malarky’s Irish Pub at 3011 Newport Blvd and dumped the body of a dead dog in the parking lot. The fact that this type of person was in our neighborhood set emotions on fire across the board– but none moreso than one of Malarky’s Senior …

Today, beginning at noon, there will be a “TrumpTilla” boat parade. Needless to say, those who don’t like Trump will probably not be interested in the parade, while those who eschew politics and those who support Trump may find this very cool. Last time this group organized a parade, it reportedly broke records with 1,064 boats at the time, dwarfing …

Starting Friday through Monday, between 8pm and 2am, there will be DUI Saturation Patrols throughout the city, and concentrated in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests. The cost of a ride home is cheap. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspensions and …

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 …

After Uber and Lyft repeatedly threatened to shut down at midnight this morning, a last-minute reprieve from an appellate court judge blocked them from needing to comply with AB5, a bill pushed by unions with the intent to force companies to pay better wages and provide better healthcare– a bill which has created tremendous backfire actually is reducing jobs and …

In the early morning hours on Sunday, June 26, 2016, Ashley Watts of Newport Beach California took a cab home from a bar where she had been having drinks with friends.   Knowing she had been drinking, she chose– correctly– to follow the law and take a cab home.  Sadly, on her way out, she had grabbed her old credit card, …

At about 10:15pm last night, about 40 people on a party bus gathered at 15th Street, with about 15 of that 40 reportedly being loud and obnoxious.  One of the men being loud fired a couple of gunshots outside on 15th Street.  The shots were fired into the sky, and the gun was apparently ditched in the area, as police …