The US Coast Guard is organizing the response after 3,000 barrels of oil spilled three miles off the coast of Newport Beach.
Category: Newport Beach
Posted inEducation
More OC School Districts to Consider Calling for Optional COVID-19 Masks in Classrooms
Residents have requested officials in at least three local school districts consider such resolutions tonight, although the resolutions will have no effect on classroom mask mandates.
Posted inEconomy
Some OC Cities Begin Asking If Public Streets Should be Used For Private Restaurants
Council members in Fullerton, Huntington Beach and Orange are starting to wonder if outdoor dining programs should continue after more than a year into the pandemic.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
New Housing Bills Allowing for Denser Neighborhoods Sharply Divide OC’s State Legislators
If signed into law, the bills would allow up to four homes per single-family parcel, and let cities and counties to waive environmental review for developments of up to 10 units.
Posted inEducation
Newport Beach City Council Members Rail Against State School Masks Mandates
More Orange County elected officials are pushing back against state school mask mandates, despite state public health officials having the sole authority over classroom masks.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Cities Begin Dropping COVID Emergency Declarations as Cases Soar
By classifying the pandemic as a state of emergency, city staff were given more power to execute contracts independently and access special state and federal funds.
Posted inEducation
Newport-Mesa School District Officials Renew Amended ADL Anti-Bias Training Contract
Trainings will continue in the district for staff and some students after district trustees tabled the contract for the program in July.
Posted inOutdoors
Newport Beach Questions Banning Ranch Park Preservation, Wants Housing There
Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery said the city needs to use some of the land to build homes if the city is to meet the state’s housing goals, while conservationists want no development on the land.
Posted inCountywide
Collective Fight Could Expand Orange County’s Open Space Landscape
After decades of fighting, public land advocates are making steps to preserve or expand more open space in Orange County.
Posted inCountywide
Will A Contested Slice of Newport Back Bay Stay in Public Hands?
Local watchdogs say OC officials broke transparency laws when they backed off reclaiming land from a wealthy political donor, who’s threatening to sue the county for halting the land sale.
