Newport Beach Wolford Shopping South Coast Plaza

Kym Whitney 7/28/24 Kym Whitney 7/28/24

Local History - China House

Kym Whitney 2/10/24 Kym Whitney 2/10/24

Newportopoly

Newportopoly - learn about the history of two young local Newport Beach entrepreneurs with no experience who designed the game, created an advertising program, and then sold to local advertisers the 28 spaces available–at $350 apiece–on the game board.

Kym Whitney 10/18/23 Kym Whitney 10/18/23

The 9 Lives of the Castaways

The 9 lives of the Castaways by William Lobdell

Kym Whitney 9/5/23 Kym Whitney 9/5/23

California: The Country We “Bearly” Knew

California - The Country We “Barely” Knew

Kym Whitney 9/5/23 Kym Whitney 9/5/23

The Mission San Juan Capistrano You May Not Know

Kym Whitney 9/5/23 Kym Whitney 9/5/23

The Kitty Hawk of Hang Gliding

Kym Whitney 7/14/23 Kym Whitney 7/14/23

Newport’s First Female Mayor and Greatest Reformer

Newport’s First Female Mayor and Greatest Reformer by William Lobdell.

Kym Whitney 6/30/23 Kym Whitney 6/30/23

How Tragedy and a Russian Forged the World’s Best Lifeguard Department

How Tragedy and a Russian Forged the World’s Best Lifeguard Department by William Lobdell of Newport in the Rearview Mirror

Kym Whitney 6/24/23 Kym Whitney 6/24/23

5 of the Worst Ideas in Newport Beach History

5 of The Worst Ideas In Newport Beach History by William Lobdell.

Kym Whitney 6/13/23 Kym Whitney 6/13/23

How David Slayed Goliath and Saved Upper Newport Bay

In the early 1960s, the Irvine Company received the green light from the County of Orange to develop nearly 75% of Upper Newport Bay. The ambitious plans called for a sprawling marina with hundreds of boat slips, bayfront homes, swimming beaches, four parks, businesses, a water skiing basin and rowing venue. At the time, the public viewed the bay as undesirable swamplands, so nearly everyone believed an upscale development in Upper Newport Bay would be a vast improvement. Read on.