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Newport Coast estate with "underwater" bar sells for $30 million
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (385+ words) A Newport Coast estate featuring a speakeasy-style bar with underwater pool views visible between the liquor shelves sold last month for $30 million. The 13, 206-square-foot, stone-clad Tuscan villa has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms, including three powder rooms. It traded for…...
$42 million Newport Coast estate among OC's priciest home sales in 2025
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1660+ words) Orange County's luxury real estate market made headlines in 2025 with several notable sales, including the priciest home in Newport Coast, which fetched $42 million in an off-market deal. The seller's agent, Paul Daftarian of Luxe Real Estate, described the property last…...
From "Wicked" to Who-Ville, owners deck their boats for Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (190+ words) The Wicked Witch of the West rode her broomstick over the stern of a boat in the Newport Harbor, green lighting and smoke creating a theatrical backdrop. The Grinch watched from his mountain down onto a Who-ville of characters on…...
Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race is serious about competition, comradery
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (482+ words) For some, the Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race is all about the fierce competition on the sea. Others join the jaunt into Mexico's waters to partake in the celebration scene south of the border as the boats make it…...
Balboa Swing" world record set in Newport Beach with 1, 000-plus dancers doing iconic move
1+ week, 4+ day ago (421+ words) The famed Rendezvous Ballroom dance floor was so packed, couples would have to do their moves in a close embrace, posture upright while doing short half steps, swiftly shuffling their feet as the partners stepped out and in, over and…...
Dunn: A connected Newport Harbor High team fought its way to CIF victory 20 years ago
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) Sometimes, the best components of a football team are brotherhood and belief in each other. That was the case for Newport Harbor High's CIF-Southern Section Division 6 championship unit under Coach Jeff Brinkley in 2005. Rippon was the team's leader on and…...
Dunn: Newport to Ensenada yacht race offers grand viewing
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (510+ words) For nearly eight decades, the Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race has been more than a competition. It's a rite of passage, a cultural bridge, a weekend of bonding and one of Southern California's most beloved maritime traditions. Since 1948, sailors…...
Newport Harbor boys water polo dominates Corona del Mar for CIF-SS Open title
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (824+ words) WALNUT " A storied boys water polo rivalry, full of Olympians and championships, added another chapter as Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar dueled for the CIF-SS Open Division title on Saturday. Call it the Sweet Dominant 16. Newport Harbor used an…...
Newport Harbor boys water polo holds off Cathedral Catholic to win Elite 8
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) Newport Harbor's boys water polo team faced Cathedral Catholic on Saturday for the second time this fall in a major tournament final. The Sailors again had the answer for the San Diego power. Connor Ohl scored five goals and Kai…...
How painters are finding inspiration, support through Newport Beach's Cannery Artist Collective
4+ week, 2+ day ago (133+ words) The air in Newport Beach's Cannery Village doesn't smell like the tourist-heavy piers a few miles south. It smells of saltwater and, if you step into the right alleyway, wet acrylic and linseed oil. Orange County restaurants shut down by…...