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On December 23, 1969, Newport Beach police seized a reel of the controversial Swedish erotic film I Am Curious (Yellow) from the Balboa Theater just before its second showtime. A municipal judge, representatives from the county district attorney 's office, and police officers were present at the first screening of the film, leading to the ...
Newport Coast is located at 2] in the San Joaquin Hills above Crystal Cove State. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Census Designated Place (CDP) has a total area of 7.2 square miles (19 km 2). 7.1 square miles (18 km 2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) of it (2.22%) is water.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, California, January 2013 The recorded history of the Newport Beach, California region began when the area was first explored by Europeans in the 1500s. Prior to that time, Native Americans such as the Tongva and Juaneño / Luiseño people had been living in the area for thousands of years.
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Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. Today's Newport Harbor emerged only after dredging millions of tons of silt. In the late 1860s, James McFadden and his brother, Robert, purchased a large portion of the future site of Newport, including the oceanfront of Newport Beach, much of Balboa Peninsula, and the sandbars that were to become Balboa Island ...
Aerial view of the Newport Municipal Pier at Newport Beach, California in the 1940s. The original pier was known as McFadden Wharf when it was completed in the summer of 1888 by local landowners James and Robert McFadden. [1] The wharf served as a shipping connection for the McFaddens to offload lumber, hides and other merchandise. [2]
Read more:A home invasion in Newport Beach ends with an apparent suicide When officers arrived, they found Rosas, who had gunshot wounds, lying in the street, police said. A handgun was nearby.