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Prosecutors from the state Attorney General’s Office told an Orange County Superior Court judge Friday they don’t believe they can prove most of the rape charges against a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend and want to amend the complaint against the pair to include just one sexual assault case involving one of the seven charged victims.

Prosecutors say they met women in bars, drugged them and raped them. Now there is a motion before an OC judge to drop multiple charges against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 14, 2021.

A beachgoer came across a rare find on his morning stroll when he saw a weird looking fish washed ashore at Newport Beach.

A rarely seen fish washed ashore in Newport Beach. Video broadcast Monday May 10, 2021 on Today in LA.

Actress and model Tawny Kitaen, famous for her appearance in 1980s music videos and her high-profile marriages to Whitesnake singer David Coverdale and former Angels pitcher Chuck Finley, died at her Newport Beach home at the age of 59, authorities said Saturday.

The “Bachelor Party” actress died in Newport Beach Friday.

There’s no denying that Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young are ready to become husband and wife. But before they exchange their vows, the couple celebrated their engagement with an intimate party in Newport Beach, California, on Saturday.

So supremely savory: Prix fixe meals abound, while take-out options are happening this go-around, too.

Last year, when bacteria from a red tide lit California’s coastline electric blue, photographer Patrick Coyne began chasing the bioluminescence down the coast. This year when it popped up again, he filmed his friend’s dog Balto playing in the waves.

Video shows rescuers pulling people from the water. Video broadcast Tuesday April 20, 2021 on Today in LA. Credit: @sharonkalili

Orange County first responders and good Samaritans rescued 14 people from a boat that was taking on water off the coast of Newport Beach, authorities said.

A mile-long stretch of beach in Newport Beach was closed Tuesday morning due to a sewage spill.

Authorities in Newport Beach Monday night asked for the public’s help in locating several boys wanted in connection with a fight that left a man with serious injuries.

Shocking video shows at least three young teens attacking the man. Vikki Vargas reports March 9, 2021.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the postponement of the annual Hoag Classic golf tournament in Newport Beach, organizers said Friday.

A Newport Beach-based effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a milestone of 1 million signatures, organizers announced Tuesday.

When you meet Phillip Ingram it’s clear his past influenced his present. He admits he grew up very different from the life he’s leading now. “Tough neighborhood, not a lot of positive things,” he said. “No one I grew up with had a dad.” And yet the 38-year-old Newport Beach janitor says what he learned first-hand from his humble...

Vikki Vargas reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.

The family of three young sisters injured in a Newport Beach collision that killed their parents are suing the 22-year-old alleged drunken driver facing murder and other charges stemming from the crash, an attorney representing the victims said Monday.