Brian Melstrom certainly brought a team approach to his first year coaching the Newport Harbor High surf team. Melstrom, a longtime swimming and water polo coach for the Sailors, took over as surf ...

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 ...

Surf schools in Southern California do good business, especially in the summer months, and now Jason Murchison, owner of Learn to Surf, is fighting for his slice of the pie. This week Murchison filed ...

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 ...

Newport Beach voters may have the chance to wipe out a surf park project if a petition submitted to City Hall this week qualifies for the November 2026 ballot. Steve Vickers, a referendum proponent, ...

The expansion of the proposed Snug Harbor Surf Park has been halted after city officials rescinded a key land-use amendment, though developers still have a path forward for a scaled-down version of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Newport Beach, you’ll find stately mansions, boutique stores and restaurants serving seafood towers. But there’s also ...