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.…
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…
Newport Beach adopted the Balboa Village Master Plan in 2012. It wasn’t Joe Stapleton’s plan. He has represented District 1 since 2022, though, which is enough time to…
Every Halloween, people come from across Orange County—including inland communities—to spend the night in costume among the Balboa Peninsula’s bars.
Newport Beach is planning an expanded summer trolley program that could connect the Balboa Peninsula, Balboa Island, Corona del Mar, Fashion Island, and Newport Dunes. The idea is…
NEWPORT BEACH | Newport Beach has a Harbor and Beaches Master Plan. This is excellent news for anyone who believes coastal flooding can be discouraged through careful spreadsheet…
Ever wonder what that fenced-in racquet club is down at Peninsula Point? The one tucked into the neighborhood near the end of Balboa Peninsula, easy to pass without…
A mellow morning at Blackies makes a pretty good argument for keeping the rest of the day loosely scheduled. Just north of Newport Pier, this stretch of beach…
At the eastern end of the Balboa Peninsula, beside the harbor’s west jetty, Newport’s famous shorebreak has built an entire culture around waves that can look unreasonable even…
Before Newport Pier became a place to stroll with a coffee and watch surfers, it was a working landing. Before Newport Beach had much of its shape today,…
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