Orca whales have been delighting whale watchers in recent weeks, and a video uploaded to YouTube yesterday shows a pod of the black-and-white beasts breaching off the Newport Beach coast. more ›

Eucalyptus trees have been falling at an alarming rate in recent months, and one of the toppled trees resulted in fatality. On September 15, a eucalyptus tree fell onto the car of 29-year-old Haeyoon Miller, crushing her to death. The incident occurred along the Newport Beach-Costa Mesa border on Irvine Avenue. Public records released on Monday are showing that the city's tree-trimming contractor was well aware that some of the trees were infested by beetles and termites. more ›

SoCal lifeguards might soon be found basking in the limelight in a new reality television show on the Weather Channel. "Southern California Lifeguards" would showcase 13 episodes, featuring lifeguards from Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and San Diego. Though perhaps the last thing television needs is another reality flub, this show would not offer the typical shallow drama of most candidates in its pool. more ›

A controversial life-size statue of a former president placed in a Newport Beach park suffered damage after a botched attempt by a thief to remove it from the site, according to Newport Beach Patch. The statue of Ronald Reagan, approved in January, was unveiled last month. more ›

A Newport Beach jogger did not enjoy a chase during his morning run on Tuesday near the Back Bay. Who or what was chasing him? A coyote. Lucky for Brian Clarkson, the 37-year-old jogger, a man on a horse spotted a coyote running towards Clarkson and his two Yorkie mixes. more ›

The three senior citizens who unknowingly gobbled down brownies containing medical marijuana at a mutual friend's memorial service on Saturday were victims of one of their late friend's favorite treats. After the unsuspecting trio - an 82-year-old man and two 71-year-old women - indulged, all three were hospitalized within an hour of each other after experiencing "nausea, dizziness and inability to stand unassisted." more ›

Brownies are an appropriate treat for memorial services, right? But what about pot brownies? Three unsuspecting senior citizens unknowingly ingested brownies containing medical marijuana during a memorial service for a mutual friend on Saturday, October 8. The trio was admitted to Hoag Hospital post-snack. more ›

A eucalyptus tree took a tumble in Corona Del Mar yesterday, hitting four cars and two homes, according to the Daily Pilot. Fortunately, no one was injured. Normally news of a falling tree is as hyperlocal as it gets. It's the sort of thing you might hear about at a neighborhood council meeting. But this latest development seems unsettling, since it's at least the fourth time falling eucalyptus trees have made news within a few weeks. more ›

Youth, they say, is wasted on the young, and in Newport Beach, it seems an alarming number of the young are wasted on heroin. Authorities there are cautioning locals that there has been in increase in arrests in conjunction with heroin use and sales, according to the OC Register. more ›

Experts are still trying to figure out what would cause a tree to fall on a woman's car while she waited at a stoplight in Costa Mesa. One theory being floated to explain the tragic and freaky accident is that Thursday morning's 3.5 rattler might have loosened the tree. more ›

Firefighters are disputing the accounts of witnesses who were standing by as rescue teams from Newport Beach and Costa Mesa tried to save a woman who was fatally crushed by a towering eucalyptus tree yesterday. Witnesses initially reported that firefighters conducting the rescue operation dropped the trunk back onto the car, which crushed it even further. more ›

Some poor soul went to Fashion Island in Newport Beach recently and lost a couple bra cup sizes along the way. A good Samaritan (or a hilarious prankster who happens to have a spare) posted a picture of the implant in the lost and found section of Orange County's Craigslist on Thursday. more ›

Three Mexican nationals suspected of drug smuggling were arrested aboard a boat off Newport Beach on Sunday after being spotted by lifeguards, according to authorities. The 25-foot panga, reported stolen in Mexico, was reportedly headed to Huntington State State park when it was seized by police, according to ABC Local. more ›

Marc Cross, an experienced 53-year-old kayaker, set out from Newport Beach on Wednesday and did not return. On Saturday night, the Coast Guard suspended its search along the SoCal coast, according to LA Now. more ›

Video footage shows the scope of the effort by emergency personnel, beach-goers and lifeguards to dig out a teenager who found himself buried alive in the sand yesterday afternoon on Newport Beach. Matt Mina and some friends were digging tunnels, but the sand walls collapsed, trapping Mina underneath for an estimated 20-40 minutes. more ›

"To Catch A Predator" host Chris Hansen is having troubles of his own right now, but if he weren't there would be plenty for him to do in Southern California. A Laguna Hills man was arrested yesterday after allegedly tried to meet with a girl he thought was 13 for sex, reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

Beachgoers, beware! After digging himself into a hole in the sand, an OC teen was buried when the pit collapsed, reports the OC Register. The boy, whose name hasn't been released, was trapped for 20 minutes at the beach near the Santa Ana River before rescue crews reached him, shortly after 3:30 p.m. today. more ›

Victims of a recent string of bicycle thefts and car break-ins in one Newport Beach condo complex are hoping investigators can nab the perps who have been upsetting the peace in their parking garage over the past four months. To help describe the two men who are causing havoc at the Villa Balboa, their appearance has been likened to a couple of well-know faces. more ›

Bowing to pressure from city leaders, Newport Beach lifeguards have agreed to a "scaled-down" pension benefits agreement, according to the Daily Pilot. Newport paid approximately $500,000 toward 14 full-time lifeguards' pension plans In 2010. more ›

Newport Beach may be revising their stance on what is allowed and what requires permission at the area's parks and beaches. more ›

Much to the displeasure of his neighbors, 65-year-old Newport Beach-resident Dennis Holland has been restoring a 72-foot yacht in his backyard since he rescued the Shawnee, a 1916-built ketch, from a scrap yard in 2006. more ›

For someone whose latest claim to fame is collecting smutty photos of a disgraced male congressman and threatening to post them online, Andrew Breitbart sure gets a lot of love from Orange County conservatives. Breitbart returned from Weinerville Thursday night to promote his book at the Tea Room at the Newport Beach Golf Course. Breitbart played right into the arms of the crowd which gave him a standing ovation before he even mentioned the title of his book. more ›

The Newport Beach Public Library could boldly go where most libraries have yet dared not go: Book-less. They are considering relocating the Balboa Branch to a section of the Marina Park Community Center, but leaving out the 35,000 items--comprised of books, DVDs, and other materials--and offering a librarian-free "electronic library" instead, according to the Daily Pilot. more ›

According to the National Weather Service, police in Huntington Beach received a call just after 11 a.m. on Monday about a waterspout sighting about a dozen miles northwest of Newport Beach, reports the Daily News. ABC7 weather reports via Twitter that a waterspout was sighted off of Newport Beach according police. more ›

A Newport Beach company is giving their jets-for-sale operation a little extra oomph by marketing the website a bit like an escort service. JetMadam.com, owned by Mach+ Media Inc., is "a free, user friendly online database for anyone seeking to buy or sell a private aircraft," reports the OC Register. more ›

The 22-year-old driver who struck and killed a cyclist while allegedly driving under the influence this week has 11 traffic tickets on her record according to court records. Danae Marie Miller was driving a white Jetta when she is believed to have hit 41-year-old Amine Britel in Newport Beach Monday night, authorities said. Britel, who was riding a bicycle on San Joaquin Hills Road, could not be resuscitated by paramedics. more ›

The body of missing UC Riverside student Alan Sun-Long Lin, 23, was found yesterday morning floating in Newport Harbor's Rhine Channel. The Irvine resident had been missing for about two weeks, according to the Daily Pilot. According to Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Burdette the body appeared to have been in the water for a while, but did not show signs of foul play. A full autopsy is pending. more ›

A Newport Beach man was robbed, and he wants his stuff back. That stuff, however, happens to be 25 pounds of marijuana he was growing in his home, according to KTLA. The unidentified victim was burgled Sunday afternoon at his home in Santa Ana Heights. A neighbor alerted the authorities that two men were breaking in; the perps "used a hammer to break some glass on the front door and get inside." more ›

Newport Beach is considering a crackdown on rowdy bar patrons and their respective Balboa peninsula drinking establishments because of problems with "overcrowding, assaults, public drunkenness, public urination and others nuisances," reports the Daily Pilot. more ›