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Last Grunion Run of the Season! (and big fishing)

The final annual Grunion Run is happening this weekend! Grunion are a species of fish that spawn on the beaches after new or full moons during the summertime, and joining in to watch or participate in the grunion run is a famous pasttime for our long history of Southern California beach residents. This segment of spawning is estimated as the following: Sa 9:40 …

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National Dog Day

California Flag with Dog, credit unknown

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 …

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You’re the First to Know: I Just Got a Column in the Newport Indy

Thank you for all the tremendous support you have given my voice over the last few years (has it really been that long?). We’ve had some very significant events! We defeated Dixon’s “Lights Out At 11pm”, we saved our small businesses, got our historic fire rings back, and we raised the very first dollars for the Ben Carlson Memorial (and …

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Rare Oarfish found on Catalina Island

Oarfish - Stock Photo Catalina 2013

Monday morning, a rare oarfish was found on the shores of Catalina.  The oarfish was the biggest oarfish ever found in the area, measuring 15 feet!  Now, 15 feet is pretty long, but it’s not the longest, right?  After all, on June 3rd of this year (just before the magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan on the 8th of June), there …

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“Sarge” Likely Gone for a Long Time

The violent and homeless troublemaker who calls himself “Sarge” was arrested last week on felony burglary charges on a commercial building. This is the same man who was arrested just a few weeks ago for strong-armed robbery on a woman, stealing the contents of her purse. Businesses throughout the area now have restraining orders on him, legally requiring him to say 30ft …

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JUST LAUNCHED: Speed Traps & Traffic Info… Live!

You asked for it, and you got it! I am excited to announce that– due in large part to our tremendous local traction– SaveNewport has just inked paperwork to finalize our official partnership deal with Google’s Waze service– only the second of such partnerships in the nation! This deal has allowed us to create a new, permanently dynamic page which …

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Peninsula Hit And Run: Driver Turns Himself In

BREAKING: The hit and run driver who hit a 14 year old girl on her bicycle last night on Balboa Peninsula has turned himself in.  Anthony Michael George, 36, was booked on suspicion of felony hit-and-run.  His champagne-colored Mercedes was impounded earlier today. The victim is reportedly in stable condition, but does have a skull fracture from the incident that is …

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Car Matching Hit and Run Vehicle FOUND!?

UPDATE @3:35pm: Local Newport resident, Sara Lunsford, who reported the car, had heard about the incident from the news in the morning.  When she went for a run she noticed a car with minor front-end damage on the drivers side and a windshield which she said looked like “honestly, a body had hit it. It was pushed in and shattered on the …

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Council Votes Against Free Speech– WTF?

“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it”: This quote was uttered by Voltaire, a Frenchman who lived in the 1700s. Do you agree with this quote? I mean, really, really agree with it? This quote rings clearly in my head after the actions taken by Newport …

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Council Livestreaming by Popular Request

Yesterday’s questionnaire had about half of the requests for features listing the council live-streaming as what the community wanted to see as a top priority. GREAT NEWS: We just launched it– and tonight is a council meeting, so you can try it out! Tonight at 7pm, you can view the livestream by visiting http://savenewport.com/council We are currently working on a …

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