Newport Beach

President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Orange County for just under 2 1/2 hours Sunday for an early afternoon private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey’s Newport Beach estate.

The chief executive of an Ontario-based food company is facing charges of having sex with underage prostitutes, Orange County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Ian Charles Schenkel, 59, of Newport Beach faces up to 10 years if convicted at trial.

A doctor was convicted Wednesday of attempting to kill a Newport Beach attorney he blamed for his pancreatic cancer. Jurors began deliberating Tuesday afternoon and by late Wednesday morning found Richard Lee Austin guilty of attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder and being armed with a gun in the commission of a felony. It was Austin’s...

An Orange County Superior Court judge Thursday handed off the prosecution of a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend, who are charged with drugging and raping several women, to the state Attorney General’s Office. Judge Gregory Jones recused the office of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, who had no objection to his prosecutors being removed from the...

A young shark washed up on shore at Balboa Pier Friday night, Newport Beach lifeguards confirmed, sending beachgoers out of the water. Although the shark appeared to make it back into the water after thrashing around in the sand, lifeguards said it was almost dead when it washed up, so animal control responded to the scene. The shark was euthanized…

Beachgoers can be seen standing on the sand and looking into the water.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach.

Ten firefighters and 11 lifeguards have recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Newport Beach, officials confirmed Sunday. The numbers are a cumulative total throughout the past month and most have already returned to work, Fire Chief Jeff Boyles told City News Service. The infections apparently happened through community spread and not while the firefighters and lifeguards were on duty. Boyles…

A former Canadian Football League player has been sentenced to three months in prison for hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons as part of the college admissions cheating scheme

Ocean waves crashed over the sand at the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach and into parking lots and streets, destroying a sailboat due to the dangerous combination of high tide and high surf, authorities said Friday. The tide peaked at 6.5 feet at 8:25 p.m. Friday, according to USHARBORS, an online service provided for boaters. The National Weather Service issued a...

Newport Beach was able to avoid a second consecutive night of flood damage amid a weekend high tide warning thanks to a larger sand berm, officials said Sunday. On Friday night and Saturday morning, waves crashed over the sand at the Balboa Pier and into parking lots and streets, destroying a sailboat. The following night, workers increased the size of…

Ted Chen reports for Today in LA on Saturday, July 4, 2020.

A sailboat was destroyed as a result of the waves. Eliana Moreno reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Friday July 3, 2020.

Newport Beach, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach made the decision Wednesday to shut down their beaches for the Fourth of July holiday, joining Laguna Beach and all beaches in Los Angeles County. Whether the beaches are shut down for the whole weekend is still on the table. Also, fireworks won’t light up the night sky over Surf City USA,...

Hetty Chang reported for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.