Eric Licas covers Newport Beach for the Daily Pilot. He previously was a crime and public safety reporter and, before that, spent four years as a staff writer with the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He has been on the ground to cover active wildfires, civil unrest and mass shootings. He was born in the Philippines, raised in the San Fernando Valley and is a Cal State Northridge alumnus.
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The victim’s body was unearthed by detectives in the yard of the defendant’s parents’ mobile home, and her blood was found in a shed he is reported to have slept in on occasion.
NMUSD’s newest trustee is a former pediatric occupational therapist, the mother of a sophomore and a senior at Newport Harbor High and has been volunteering in the district for 13 years.
The projects are part of the consent calendar, which includes items considered routine but eligible for further discussion by council members.
The updates are needed to achieve a state mandate to zone for a dramatic increase in housing by 2029, according to reports by Newport Beach city staff.
Many young children in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District have hardly ever stepped into a swimming pool or the ocean despite living within a short drive to the beach.
Supporters of the plan said it would help foster a growing pickleball community in Newport Beach.
Fire refugees who are moving to Newport Beach can learn more about its schools, public services, community groups and more at an event set for 9 a.m. Sunday at the Oasis Senior Center.
As of Thursday, Friends of Normie had taken in 142 cats either relinquished by evacuees or found wandering in the aftermath of multiple wildfires that swept across Los Angeles County.
“We are at that moment where a big tent Republican Party is very realistic,” said Will O’Neill, the new chair of Orange County GOP who recently served as mayor of Newport Beach.
Local and federal officials had initially planned on burying the contaminated sediment in the harbor, drawing resistance from environmental groups.