Ranked #1
34: How Junior Lifeguards Became a Rite of Passage for Newport Kids
34: How Junior Lifeguards Became a Rite of Passage for Newport Kids
In 1984, the first swim test required to join Newport Beach's new junior lifeguard program drew all of three kids. Today... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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38mins
Ranked #2
33: How Tragedy and a Russian Forged the World's Greatest Lifeguard Department
33: How Tragedy and a Russian Forged the World's Greatest Lifeguard Department
The rock-solid foundation for Newport Beach's prized lifeguard operation goes back more than 100 years, forged in traged... Read more
17 Jun 2023
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30mins
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Ranked #3
32: Newport Beach's J.J. Moon — The Greatest Surfer Ever Created
32: Newport Beach's J.J. Moon — The Greatest Surfer Ever Created
J.J. Moon was more Paul Bunyon than Kelly Slater. The surf hero of the 1960s was the alter ego of Ned Eckert, a very ave... Read more
23 Mar 2023
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19mins
Ranked #4
31: Extra! Extra! The Rise and Fall of Newport Beach's Newspapers
31: Extra! Extra! The Rise and Fall of Newport Beach's Newspapers
Newport Beach’s rich journalistic history dates to 1870, only a few days after a “new port” was established in Upper New... Read more
3 Mar 2023
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56mins
Ranked #5
30: Scouts' Honor — The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town
30: Scouts' Honor — The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town
When the 1953 National Boy Scout Jamboree came to town, the event created an insta-city of 50,000 Scouts and their leade... Read more
11 Feb 2023
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46mins
Ranked #6
29: Lido Isle — The Island No One Wanted
29: Lido Isle — The Island No One Wanted
For more than six decades beginning in the 1880s. Lido Isle went through a series of owners (most of whom got the island... Read more
18 Jan 2023
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24mins
Ranked #7
28: What's in a Name? The Stories Behind the Naming of 50 Newport Landmarks
28: What's in a Name? The Stories Behind the Naming of 50 Newport Landmarks
Ever wonder how a Newport Beach road, school, park, surf spot, canyon or even an offshore rock formation got its name? T... Read more
6 Jan 2023
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25mins
Ranked #8
27: A Brief History of Newport's Smallest Islands — Bay, Harbor, Newport and Linda
27: A Brief History of Newport's Smallest Islands — Bay, Harbor, Newport and Linda
How many cities in California can say they are home to eight islands? Just one: Newport Beach. We take a look at the his... Read more
21 Nov 2022
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23mins
Ranked #9
26: Growing Up in Newport with John Wayne as Your Dad
26: Growing Up in Newport with John Wayne as Your Dad
The most famous Newport Beach resident of all time? That's easy. John Wayne. When he lived in Newport in the 1960s and 7... Read more
28 Oct 2022
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48mins
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25: Secrets of the Balboa Pavilion
25: Secrets of the Balboa Pavilion
Completed in 1906, the Balboa Pavilion on the Newport Harbor bayfront is Newport Beach’s oldest, most historic, and most... Read more
30 Sep 2022
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28mins