After Newport Beach residents signed enough petitions for a referendum on the Snug Harbor Surf Park, councilmembers rolled ...

Newport Beach officials rescinded a previous approval for a wave pool project after enough residents signatures pressured the ...

It’s unclear if the wave pool developers would want to move forward with a smaller version, with now only 20,000 square feet ...

There's a fight in Newport Beach, and it's the most Newport Beach kind of fight ever: golf course or wave pool? But the golfers appear to be winning the battle.

Newport Beach voters may have the chance to wipe out a surf park project if a petition submitted to City Hall this week qualifies for the November 2026 ballot. Steve Vickers, a referendum proponent, ...

A Beach Hazard Statement is in effect for much of coastal Southern California amid a busy Independence Day weekend where hundreds of people were rescued in one community alone on Friday. That ...

Ben Herrick is still not fully aware of what happened the morning of July 3, 2021, when he set off alone to surf some small ...

In Newport Beach, surfing instructor Jason Murchison is being treated like “this Jesse-James-style criminal,” as he puts it. The city has been in a legal dispute with Jason — a 41-year-old former Navy ...

From a 15-year-old boy drowning in 1926, to the accidental creation of California’s manmade freak-of-nature wave.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Set between long stretches of the Pacific Ocean and the rugged San Joaquin Hills, Newport Beach embraces the same laid-back lifestyle ...