Short-term lodging rentals are prohibited in Newport Beach starting today and until at least May 20 due to concerns they may increase the risk of spreading the coronavirus. There are 1,536 short-term rental housing units in Newport Beach, mainly in high-density areas near the beaches and Newport Harbor, according to John Pope, the city’s public information manager. “Council members said…

Funeral arrangements are pending for Jeff Grosso, a skateboarding legend from the 1980s who died in Newport Beach at age 51. Grosso died Tuesday at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach. Results of an autopsy to determine his cause of death were pending. Grosso hosted the popular Vans’ video series “Loveletters to Skateboarding” on YouTube. He began hosting the series in 2011…

A 23-year-old Fullerton woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting Nazi propaganda posters at Newport Harbor High School and Fullerton College and was immediately sentenced to 40 hours of community service. Grace Elisabeth Ziesmer pleaded guilty to one count of vandalism and two counts of posting graffiti, all misdemeanors. She accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Greg…

Debris was scattered across the road after a high-speed crash during a chase. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Tuesday March 3, 2020.

One person was killed and another suffered injuries in a high-speed crash that scattered debris, including the car’s engine, for hundreds of feet Tuesday morning on a Newport Beach street. The single-car crash involving a Mercedes-Benz occurred near 23rd Street and Balboa Boulevard about 1:15 a.m. Newport Beach began pursuing the driver just after 1 a.m. on Balboa Street....

With the summer on the horizon, the Southern California waves are starting to call the names of many, including a French bulldog who has made surfing her charitable hobby.

A female professor was trapped in the bus for some time and had to be rescued by the fire department. The conditions of all patients are not known. Gil Leyvas reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Two people were injured after a UC Irvine student transportation van was hit by a suburban in Newport Beach Wednesday night.  The crash happened just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of Irvine Avenue and Bristol Street. A preliminary investigation reveals that the driver of the suburban may have run a red light, but that detail still needs to be…

A 19-year-old Newport Beach man who previously pleaded guilty to stealing an endangered species of lemur from the Santa Ana Zoo has been sentenced to 12 years and eight months in state prison for a rash of burglaries in Newport Beach, prosecutors said Saturday. Aquinas Arrigo Kasbar pleaded guilty Sept. 10 in state court to 28 burglaries and one attempted…

Five families altogether lost their loved ones in the helicopter accident that killed Kobe Bryant. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

A sea lion rescued in Newport Beach after it was shot with a pellet gun mid-December had to be euthanized, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center said Tuesday.  The one-and-a-half-year-old female sea lion was discovered Dec. 16, 2019, at the Wedge. Rescuers found her in distress and suffering from two wounds; one was an abscess on her dorsal back, and was…

A marijuana dispensary owner and his roommate are abducted in the middle of the night at gunpoint from their Newport Beach home by three masked men. Driven to the Mojave Desert while the man was tortured, the disturbing events of the next few hours would haunt them both forever.

After a shark sighting in Orange County prompted a stretch of beach to close Wednesday evening, lifeguards made the decision to reopen the beach Thursday morning.

In partnership with social media network Nextdoor, Los Angeles Dodgers closer, Kenley Jansen, will meet with one lucky Los Angeles resident.

One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got turned around, even in their own apartments, and cried out for help. At least 20 seniors with wheelchairs and walkers were essentially trapped, in the dark, in a low-income apartment complex in Northern California during a two-day power shut-off...

A 58-year-old registered nurse accused of helping a heartbroken man end his life pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge.

Authorities say some of the alleged victims met Robicheaux and Riley at social events in Southern California where they became intoxicated and ended up at Robicheaux’s apartment.