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Community Members:
As we welcome the summer season and prepare for the busy beach days ahead, I’m pleased to share an online resource recently introduced by our Fire Department’s Lifeguard Division. This new digital tool is designed to make beach visits safer and more enjoyable.
The Safe Beach Day website now includes real-time data and safety updates for Newport Beach’s three beachfront divisions: West Newport, Balboa Peninsula, and Corona del Mar.
This tool is available to the public, and can provide current data and real-time updates on:
- Live beach conditions, including surf height, water temperature, and tide levels.
- Hazard alerts such as rip currents, jellyfish, and other safety advisories.
- Weather conditions, including wind speeds and UV index.
- Interactive maps for each beach area, helping visitors locate open towers and navigate the coastline.
Additionally, the site includes a statistical report of the City’s beach activity and highlights our Lifeguard Division’s background, accomplishments, and insights into the critical services provided to the community.
You can explore the new beach safety resource here:
We encourage all beachgoers to take advantage of this resource as part of a well-informed and safety-conscious visit to our coastline.
City Manager, Grace K. Leung
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The Newport Beach Fire Department (NBFD) was honored to participate in the 30th Annual Balboa Island Parade on Sunday, June 1. This year’s theme was “Celebrating Our First Responders."
NBFD Fire Chief Jeff Boyles served as the grand marshal, riding in a vintage 1966 fire engine with family members.
Boyles was joined by other fire engines, marine safety vehicles, and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers who proudly represented the department and celebrated the connection between our first responders and the community.
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Join us for a summer of free family activities, entertaining performances, and a fun reading challenge for kids, teens, and adults during the Summer Reading Program, June 7 through August 2.
- Children are invited on Saturday, June 7 to the Newport Beach Public Library for crafts, games, a prize drawing, and special events including Books & Badges Storytime at the Central Library at 10:30 a.m. and Megan the Bubbleologist’s show at Mariners Branch at 11 a.m. Activities and crafts available at all locations and vary by branch.
- Teens and adults who register for our Summer Reading Challenge on June 7 will be entered into our opening day prize drawing and will earn a free paperback book for signing up.
For more information and to register visit the Library web site.
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Bring your family, friends and neighbors to Marina Park on Friday, June 6 for the first "Movie in the Park of the summer. Enjoy the harbor view along with free popcorn, candy, activities and a screening of the animated film "Moana 2."
The movie will begin at about 7 p.m., around dusk. Remember to bring a chair, blanket or towel for comfortable sitting during the movie.
Marina Park is located at 1600 Balboa Blvd.
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Join the Newport Beach Police Department (NBPD) for a special NBPD Mobile Café at 10:30 a.m. on June 7 at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.
The theme will be "Books & Badges Storytime" as the Newport Beach Public Library kicks off its summer reading program.
The event will feature NBPD officers reading aloud, answering questions, and giving children a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to serve and protect the community.
Don’t miss the chance to explore real police vehicles, snap some fun photos, and meet our officers up close.
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The Newport Beach Fire Department recently completed two successful TEEN CERT programs. The program is a youth-oriented version of the free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training offered to adults.
In recent weeks, teen groups from Corona del Mar High School and Sage Hill School completed the program.
These young leaders completed hands-on training in disaster preparedness, first aid and basic emergency response, and are now ready to support their families, neighborhoods and first responders in the event of a natural disaster or crisis.
Visit the City's website for more information on the CERT program.
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Students from Sage Hill High School CERT Program. |
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Join us today (Friday, June 6) from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a Friends of the Library summer book sale at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.
The sale will offer thousands of bestsellers, children's books, vintage, cookbooks, CDs, DVDs, LPs and more.
On Friday, books are three for $1; Saturday all books are $3 a bag.
All funds raised benefit programs at the Newport Beach Public Library.
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Please join us at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 at the Newport Beach Civic Center for a special event honoring the U.S. Army on Flag Day. |
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The public is invited to a community meeting on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Five-Year Consolidated Plan (2025-2029) at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 9 at the Marina Park Community Center, Bay Island Room, 1600 Balboa Blvd.
The City is gathering community input -- through the meeting and an online survey -- on the short- and long-term needs of the community and help identify spending priorities for CDBG federal funding.
The CDBG Five-Year Consolidated Plan supports programs and projects that benefit those of low and moderate incomes as required by grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Interested residents, local public service organizations, and other stakeholders are invited to attend the meeting and take the survey.
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 This week, the City’s homeless outreach and response teams:
- Temporarily sheltered two people in a motel.
- Enrolled six people into services.
- Continued to shelter people. Twenty-two people who had been experiencing homelessness in Newport Beach are sheltered in the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter.
Click here to view the latest homeless dashboard.
Click here for information on the City's Good Giving program.
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The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, June 10 at 4 p.m. The full agenda is available here.
Agenda items include:
- An ordinance that would prohibit spectators from being present at street races and reckless driving exhibitions conducted on a public street, road or highway or in an off-street parking facility in Newport Beach. The ordinance would help address illegal street racing, or “sideshows,” where streets, intersections or parking lots are used for high-speed burnouts, racing and motorcycle stunts. These activities have led to a surge in complaints to the Newport Beach Police Department.
- Award of annual community programs grants. The grants are awarded to local organizations that serve or provide programming for Newport Beach residents; Newport Beach-based community and charitable events; and larger, "signature" special events. City staff evaluates applications and makes recommendations to the Council. Staff is recommending $41,000 in grants for community programs, $55,000 for community and charitable events, and $245,000 for signature events.
- Amendments to the City's Housing Opportunity Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning districts to support the implementation of the state-mandated Housing Element. These changes would allow increased building heights in designated areas, such as Newport Center and the Airport Area, to accommodate residential development at densities ranging from 20 to 50 units per acre. The Council will also consider adoption of a resolution overriding a March 20 determination by the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission that the proposed amendment is inconsistent with the 2008 John Wayne Airport Environs Land Use Plan.
- Adoption of the City's Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget. City staff is proposing a balanced budget of $532.7 million for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes $463.9 million for operating costs and $68.9 million for capital improvement projects such as infrastructure upgrades and public facility maintenance. The budget prioritizes public safety, municipal services, maintenance, and long-term fiscal stability. The budget includes a structural surplus of $12.2 million. The City's Finance Committee has reviewed and recommended approval of the budget, which will be considered by the Council following a public hearing.
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