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Newport Beach stands behind its police department with resolution of support

A resolution, unanimously passed by the City Council, applauded officers for how they handled several local protests earlier this summer that were part of the international movement against police brutality in the United States. → Read More

Orange County expands mobile police fingerprinting despite opposition

The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a mobile police fingerprinting system Tuesday over the objections of anti-racism activists who said the tool would disproportionately impact people of color and people living in the margins. → Read More

Orange County maintains promising figures at Day 2 off the state's coronavirus watch list

The California Department of Public Health dropped Orange County from its watchlist on Sunday, putting it in company with seven other counties including San Diego and Santa Cruz. → Read More

Newport Beach to honor police for protest coverage

The City Council will consider a resolution Tuesday that recognizes the force's response on June 3, when five separate protests took place at various times and locations in town. → Read More

Irvine man accused of leading retail fraud ring

Abdallah Osseily, 34, was the alleged ringleader of 12 defendants who, from July 2014 to March 2020, defrauded a company referred to in an indictment as “U.S. Retailer 1," the Department of Justice said Thursday. → Read More

Judge agrees to take O.C. rape case from district attorney, give to state attorney general

The judge said that any prosecutor in Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer's office who won the case would be in a position of making his boss look foolish for saying the case could not be prosecuted. → Read More

The P on this Newport Beach lifeguard tower stands for pride

This is a story about how young Eric Connella and his friends had an itch for some wholesome hijinks in 1983 and wrote a few lines into Newport Beach history. It's the story of Tower P. → Read More

Arrest over cab-fare dispute costs Newport Beach $360,000

The city of Newport Beach has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a wrongful arrest suit stemming from a 2016 incident involving a declined credit card for a $16 cab ride. → Read More

Orange County congressman delivers pro-USPS messages outside Costa Mesa post office

From a podium fashioned from shipping boxes, Rep. Harley Rouda said removal of blue curbside outgoing boxes and elimination of overtime are a plan to suppress the vote in November that could unseat President Trump. → Read More

Coronavirus cases up by about 200 as Orange County inches toward getting off state's watch list

The case rate is 109.7 per 100,000 people, close to the 100 per 100,000 threshold that would get the county closer to easing restrictions. → Read More

Coastal Commission to hear appeal of Newport office project

Local opponents of an office building and parking garage project in Newport Beach have delayed the project again with an appeal to the California Coastal Commission on environmental grounds. → Read More

D.A. files charges in Newport Beach protest gun case

The Orange County district attorney's office charged Travis Patrick White, 48, with one count of brandishing a firearm in public and one count of possession of a loaded firearm in a public place, prosecutors announced Friday. → Read More

In memoriam: John Hamilton promoted character through sports

John Hamilton created a legacy as a family man, businessman, philanthropist, loyal Trojan and sports fan beyond compare before he died of COVID-19. → Read More

5 candidates up for Newport Beach City Council in November

Five people are running for Newport Beach City Council this fall, with all three incumbents in the mix. → Read More

Orange County supervisors OK operators for John Wayne Airport's general aviation upgrade

Much of the discussion at Tuesday's supervisors meeting focused on the qualities of the applicants, with assists from customers and friends offering supportive testimony. Newport Beach neighbors also chimed in. → Read More

Newport man, 77, who died after being hit by car, identified

Carlos Romo, 77, of Newport Beach died Friday after being struck near the intersection of Irvine Avenue and 17th Street, on the Costa Mesa-Newport border. → Read More

Almost 900 new coronavirus cases reported in Orange County as state fixes computer glitches

The county had 886 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total to 40,527, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. → Read More

Orange County restaurants can get reimbursed for masks, other pandemic expenses

The $1,000 SafeDineOC grants will cover expenses incurred from March through September and come from federal CARES Act relief funds. The Orange County Business Council will manage the program on behalf of the county. → Read More

'A Life of Endless Summers,' Eugene Levy on top for abbreviated-so-far Newport Beach Film Festival

The Newport Beach Film Festival is pivoting again in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a premiere held drive-in style next week plus a virtual Lifetime Achievement ceremony that can hold cinephiles over until the full festival can move ahead. → Read More

55 Freeway connectors to the 405 to close this weekend

Caltrans announced both the southbound and northbound 55 connectors in Costa Mesa will close at 10 p.m. Friday and reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday. → Read More