Natural gas pumps open to public

10:59 am, May 20th, 2010 Written by Rachel Terrazas Newport Beach News 1 Comment

From the Daily Pilot

Newport Beach opened its first natural gas fueling station Wednesday.

The $1-million facility at the General Services Corporation Yard, 592 Superior Ave., allows the city to power its fleet of vehicles with cleaner-burning compressed natural gas, officials said.

The station, which will be open to the public and operate at all hours, was made possible through a partnership between Newport Beach and Clean Energy, an alternative energy transportation company. Newport Beach let Clean Energy build the gas station on city land, rent free. In return, the city will receive a nickel for every gallon sold there, according to Mayor Keith Curry.

The city paid nothing for the station, officials said.

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Newport Little League team to host fundraiser to replace stolen equiptment

10:53 am, Mar 5th, 2010 Written by Rachel Terrazas Featured Newport Beach News Add a Comment

Colby Bock, founder of Colby's Double Plays, has collected baseball gear to donate.

The Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. is taking a less fortunate league under its wing.

Thousands of dollars in equipment was stolen Feb. 5 from the Baldwin Park Little League’s storage facility. The San Gabriel Valley area club cannot afford to replace its bats, gloves, balls and helmets.

To help, the Newport Harbor league volunteered to host a fundraiser at Mariners Park, 1300 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Newport baseballers reaching out to Baldwin Park little leaguers

4:13 pm, Mar 4th, 2010 Written by Rachel Terrazas Newport Beach Regional Sports Add a Comment

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The Newport Harbor Baseball Assn. is taking a less fortunate league under its wing.

Thousands of dollars in equipment was stolen Feb. 5 from the Baldwin Park Little League’s storage facility. The San Gabriel Valley area club cannot afford to replace its bats, gloves, balls and helmets.

To help, the Newport Harbor league volunteered to host a fundraiser at Mariners Park, 1300 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Newport Beach firefighters rescue two scaffold workers

2:32 pm, Feb 8th, 2010 Written by Rachel Terrazas Featured Newport Beach News Add a Comment

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Firefighters on Monday had to rescue two dangling workers, who were doing maintenance on a scaffold along the side of a medical building near Fashion Island, when the swing stage that propped them up malfunctioned.

“It’s great to be able to tell the story,” said Mark Dunn, 44, one of the workers who was saved by his harness after the stand dropped from under him.

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Former OCC student wins Food Network challenge

Written by Tom Ragan on Sep 4th, 2010 at 6:00 am

COSTA MESA — A graduate of Orange Coast College’s culinary arts program won first place this week in a contest in which four top chefs went up against one another to see who could create a chocolate vehicle that actually moved.
Award-winning Las Vegas pastry chef Chris Hanmer, a former resident of Costa Mesa, won $10,000 [...]

PHOTOS: Marina High School Football

Written by Scott Smeltzer on Sep 1st, 2010 at 2:37 pm

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Marina High School football players practice Tuesday, Aug. 31 in preparation for the upcoming season.

PHOTOS: Ocean View Football

Written by Scott Smeltzer on Sep 1st, 2010 at 2:30 pm

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Ocean View High School players practice Tuesday, Aug. 31 in preparation for the start of the season.

PHOTOS: Project Self Sufficiency Back-to-School Celebration

Written by Scott Smeltzer on Sep 1st, 2010 at 2:22 pm

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Project Self Sufficiency hosts a back-to-school celebration with free backpacks and school supplies at the Edison Community Center Monday, Aug. 30.

Man who killed Newport liquor store clerk gets 25 to life

Written by Mike Reicher on Aug 31st, 2010 at 12:55 pm

Weston Scott Kruger, a Newport Harbor High School graduate, was sentenced to 25 years to life Tuesday, and will be eligible for parole in 21 years because of credit for time already served.
The defense is planning an appeal based on certain jury instructions, including those to consider that a homicide occurred at the same time [...]

Newport tennis player Beblie improving

Written by Matt Szabo on Aug 27th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

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Newport Harbor High incoming senior Tracy Beblie won the 11th annual Safe Passage Summer Junior Open tennis tournament Thursday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, beating Jake Hoeger of Redondo Beach, 6-0, 6-4 in the final.
Beblie had knocked off No. 1-seeded Anthony Lee of Gardena in a semifinal, 6-0, 6-2.
Beblie, who played No. 1 [...]

PHOTOS: Oktoberfest at the Old World Village

Written by Scott Smeltzer on Aug 27th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

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Oktoberfest at the Old World Village in Huntington Beach will start on Sept. 5 and run through Oct. 31 on Wednesdays through Sundays.

Elvis in the Marketplace

Written by Daily Pilot on Aug 24th, 2010 at 10:45 am

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Man arrested after multiple crashes

Written by Joseph Serna on Aug 20th, 2010 at 5:15 pm

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CORONA DEL MAR — A Lynwood man was arrested this morning after police said he got behind the wheel drunk and, from a review of a police account, essentially played bumper cars down a Newport Beach street before coming to a stop on a front lawn.
Joshua Mario Muniz, 24, was arrested on [...]

It’s an ‘emotional yo-yo’

Written by Joseph Serna on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:12 am

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COSTA MESA — Heather Ellis can’t help but get teary-eyed when talking about how it feels to wait while lawyers and judges argue over the fate of same-sex marriage rights in California.
“I don’t really know how to say it,” Ellis, 38, said. “It’s really odd that we have to go through this.”
Ellis and [...]