After over two hours of public debate over whether or not to keep the existing golf course, city council members unanimously ...

The Newport Beach City Council approved a new artificial surf park that will replace part of an aging golf course.

After receiving 2,000 letters on the project and listening to two hours of public comment, the Newport Beach City Council ...

Tensions are rising in ritzy Newport Beach, California. The conflict? A proposed wave pool, which would take over a portion of an existing golf course. As expected, the golf community is not happy, ...

Rest in peace to a pioneer of surfing, competitive champion, and father of big wave surfing innovator, Dave Kalama.

Surfers wait for waves as the sun goes down the day before the beach is scheduled to close during the coronavirus outbreak, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Newport Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill ...

Jason Murchison wants his office to be the beach, the ocean waves his classroom. The longtime surf instructor filed a lawsuit in January against Newport Beach, arguing the town’s permitting system ...

In Newport Beach, surfing instructor Jason Murchison is being treated like “this Jesse-James-style criminal,” as he puts it. The city has been in a legal dispute with Jason — a 41-year-old former Navy ...

The surf culture in the area is deep in history, from Duke Kahanamoku surfing at Coronadel Mar State Beach in the 1920s, before the jetties were built, to Hobie Alter starting his famoussurfboard ...

Since the days of westward expansion, and the manifest destiny that fueled those pioneers in covered wagons, California has been the land of promise, opportunity, and adventure. While today, the ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Set between long stretches of the Pacific Ocean and the rugged San Joaquin Hills, Newport Beach embraces the same laid-back lifestyle ...