Balboa Island Ferry: The Easiest Ride to the Fun Zone
Balboa Island is a short ferry ride from the Fun Zone, but the crossing feels like a tiny vacation with almost no planning required. You roll up, wait…
Published Nov 5, 2026
What’s Going Up at 10th Street Beach? Locals See Seawall Work, City Records Are Thin
Crews are working beside the seawall at 10th Street Beach after Bay Street flooding. Here’s what the video shows—and what city records don’t yet explain.
Published Nov 5, 2026
You Know You’re a Newport Local When Friday Night Out Turns Into Sunday Brunch
A Newport night can start with a pretty reasonable idea: grab dinner, have a couple drinks, catch up with the boys. Then somebody says, “1 more bar,” and…
Published Nov 3, 2026
Five Newport Beach Brunch Spots for the Ladies—and Where to Find Bottomless Mimosas
Newport brunch has its own local rhythm: get the group together, find a good table, order something worth eating, and decide whether this is a meal or the…
Published Nov 3, 2026
The Newport Dive Bar Hall of Fame: No Reservations Necessary
Newport Beach has plenty of places where dinner comes with a dress code, a reservation, and the quiet feeling your table might cost more than your first car.…
Published Nov 3, 2026
Blackball: Newport’s 33-Year Argument Over Who Gets the Waves
There’s a little yellow flag with a black circle at the Wedge that can ruin a board rider’s plans faster than a parking ticket. It’s called the blackball.…
Published Nov 3, 2026
Everybody’s From Somewhere: Newport’s Football Bar Scene
Newport’s weather gets people here. Football season tells you what they brought with them. On a Sunday around the peninsula, one bar can sound like Buffalo, New Orleans,…
Published Nov 3, 2026
Newport’s Famous Regulars: When Hollywood Had a Bar Tab Here
Newport Beach has had more than its share of famous faces: old Hollywood legends, NBA stars, a pop princess, and even a Shark Tank investor. Some lived here,…
Published Nov 2, 2026
Same Floods, Different Decades. Newport’s 100-Year Battle to Stay Dry.
If you live on the Balboa Peninsula, you’ve seen the routine: the tide rises, the pumps start, sandbags come out, and City Hall tells everybody to prepare. Again.…
Published Nov 2, 2026
When The Real Housewives Came to Newport
Newport Beach didn’t become part of The Real Housewives of Orange County overnight. The show launched in 2006 with its original cast in Coto de Caza. Newport moved…
Published Nov 1, 2026