Four Years of Joe Stapleton: What Has Changed on the Balboa Peninsula?
Four years into Joe Stapleton’s council tenure, Peninsula residents are weighing what has changed and what still needs attention.
Published Oct 19, 2026
City Hall This Week: What Happened in Newport Beach, October 19–25
NEWPORT BEACH | CITY HALL | OCTOBER 19–25, 2026 Want to know what happened at Newport Beach City Hall during the week of October 19? There were four…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Soccer Clubs Ask for More Evening Field Lighting in Newport Beach
NEWPORT BEACH | PARKS & RECREATION Youth soccer schedules don’t always fit neatly into daylight hours. Newport Beach’s Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission had two field-lighting requests on…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Newport Beach Approves Poetry Contest for 2027 Art Exhibition
NEWPORT BEACH | ARTS & COMMUNITY Here’s a local arts idea now approved for 2027: a city poetry contest connected to Newport Beach’s next big art exhibition. On…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Newport Beach Opens Public Poll for Sculpture Exhibition Phase XI
NEWPORT BEACH | ARTS & CULTURE If you’ve walked through Civic Center Park and stopped at one of its sculptures, there’s another chapter in that public art program…
Published Oct 19, 2026
What Happened to the Five Crowns Temporary Patio Approval?
CORONA DEL MAR | RESTAURANTS & CITY HALL There’s an update in the city records involving the temporary outdoor patio at Five Crowns on East Coast Highway. The…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Up to 78 Homes at Newport Beach Country Club? Here’s the Early Plan
NEWPORT BEACH | DEVELOPMENT There’s an early housing proposal to keep an eye on near Newport Beach Country Club. At its September 17 meeting, the Planning Commission considered…
Published Oct 19, 2026
A Trail to the Back Bay Could Cost Mesa Drive 26 Parking Spaces
NEWPORT BEACH | NEIGHBORHOODS A new stretch of trail could make it easier to get from Mesa Drive to the Back Bay. But one detail in the plans…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Newport Beach Library Trustees Accept $46,456 Grant for Adult Literacy Program
NEWPORT BEACH | COMMUNITY Newport Beach's Project Adult Literacy program received a $46,456 grant from California Library Literacy Services after the Board of Library Trustees accepted it at…
Published Oct 19, 2026
Council Moves Ahead With Environmental Study for Possible Police Headquarters Relocation
NEWPORT BEACH | CITY HALL Newport Beach officials are taking another look at what it would take to move the police headquarters to the Civic Center campus. According…
Published Oct 19, 2026