Lilly Nguyen covers Newport Beach for the Daily Pilot. Before joining the Pilot, she worked for the Orange County Register as a freelance reporter and general assignment intern. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism at Cal State Long Beach. (714) 966-4623.
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Why and how two suspects entered a Newport Coast home remain unclear. Police are declining the release of additional information at this time.
April 17, 2024
Tony Strickland announced Tuesday he would be running for State Senate District 36, which encompasses a number of Orange County cities.
April 17, 2024
The initial requests for review of the two books came in September. The library director later denied requests for relocation, and her decisions were then appealed to the city’s board of library trustees.
April 17, 2024
The Newport Beach Fire Department said it received calls about the incident at around 9:17 a.m. A vehicle appeared to go off the side of San Joaquin Hills Road.
April 16, 2024
Larry Collins said a routine back surgery led to complications that made it difficult to walk, but new technology has enabled him to play again.
April 16, 2024
The Oasis Sailing Club started in 1986. The upcoming Opening Day celebration is the 37th in the club’s history.
April 12, 2024
The Harbor Commission voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a recommendation to the City Council, against the wishes of numerous people who live on the harbor.
April 11, 2024
Supervisor Katrina Foley’s deputy chief of staff, Alyssa Napuri, said Foley’s office has been in discussion with residents from Newport Beach for over a year about the issue of homeless people living on the marshlands.
April 10, 2024
Jilan Ji, whose stage name is Kitty Noir, is a nurse-turned-musician that lives in Newport Beach. Ji is currently on a Southern California tour.
April 6, 2024
The landslide Thursday morning affected three homes on Galaxy Drive, near where a portion of a bluff collapsed behind another home just a year ago.
April 5, 2024