Laylan Connelly started as a journalist in 2002 after earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. Through the years, she has covered several cities for The Orange County ...

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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Newport Beach, you’ll find stately mansions, boutique stores and restaurants serving seafood towers. But there’s also ...

Responding to community pressure, the Newport Beach City Council decided to rescind its previous agreement to turn a large part of the Newport Beach Golf Course into a 60,000-square-foot surf park.

The surf culture in the area is deep in history, from Duke Kahanamoku surfing at Coronadel Mar State Beach in the 1920s, before the jetties were built, to Hobie Alter starting his famoussurfboard ...