A rare and venomous yellow-bellied sea snake was hanging on the beach by the 18th Street lifeguard tower Tuesday. The 25-inch female was spotted by strollers who saw it slithering weakly along the sand. The beachgoers alerted lifeguards, who oversaw its extrication off the beach. The snake was brought to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC)…
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Sam Woodward of Newport Beach was arrested around 1:15 p.m Friday on suspicion of murder in connection with the Blaze Bernstein homicide. The 20-year-old was the last person to see Blaze alive the night he disappeared at Borrega Park and had been questioned by investigators several times, as per a now-sealed affidavit obtained by the…
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After an exhaustive, emotional week-long search for 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein, who went missing Jan. 2, authorities yesterday confirmed a positive ID on a body found in Borrega Park, Lake Forest, Calif. The park, nearby his family home, is also the location where Blaze was thought to have first gone missing, after…
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Bob Roubian, founder of iconic Balboa Peninsula restaurant, The Crab Cooker, passed away over the holidays at the age of 91. Last night at the Newport Beach City Council meeting, Councilwoman Diane Dixon closed the session with a brief tribute to the local legend.
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There was a whole lot of trash talk at last night’s Newport Beach City Council meeting. In fact, it dominated the better part of the hour-long session, held at a half-empty room inside 100 Civic Center Drive as a slight drizzle pitter-pattered against the windows. A new agreement for refuse container collection in Newport Beach,…
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Today, Newport Beach Mayor Marshall “Duffy” Duffield, Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill and the Newport Beach City Council colleagues announced the City has reached a tentative agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding the flight paths from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport (SNA). The agreement remains subject to the approval of the FAA and…
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