Eric Licas covers Newport Beach for the Daily Pilot. He previously was a crime and public safety reporter and, before that, spent four years as a staff writer with the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He has been on the ground to cover active wildfires, civil unrest and mass shootings. He was born in the Philippines, raised in the San Fernando Valley and is a Cal State Northridge alumnus.
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Many young children in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District have hardly ever stepped into a swimming pool or the ocean despite living within a short drive to the beach.
Supporters of the plan said it would help foster a growing pickleball community in Newport Beach.
Fire refugees who are moving to Newport Beach can learn more about its schools, public services, community groups and more at an event set for 9 a.m. Sunday at the Oasis Senior Center.
As of Thursday, Friends of Normie had taken in 142 cats either relinquished by evacuees or found wandering in the aftermath of multiple wildfires that swept across Los Angeles County.
“We are at that moment where a big tent Republican Party is very realistic,” said Will O’Neill, the new chair of Orange County GOP who recently served as mayor of Newport Beach.
Local and federal officials had initially planned on burying the contaminated sediment in the harbor, drawing resistance from environmental groups.
About 465,000 gallons of wastewater leaked into the ocean before crews repaired the ruptured pipe.
Laguna Beach Mayor Alex Rounaghi says awareness generated by the devastation wrought in Los Angeles County may help Laguna Beach generate the political will to move forward with such a project.
Laguna Beach County Water District General Manager Keith Van Der Maaten said the city should have an “ample supply” of water during an emergency, but officials aren’t taking that for granted.
Long Beach resident Vanroy Evan Smith stands accused of killing a Laguna Beach man he did not know almost two years ago in Dana Point, where the victim had been on a bike ride.