Beach House Vacation Rental - Newport Beach California United States

Beach House Vacation Rental
Newport Beach California United States
Lux Beachfront Casa De Balboa 225

View from Master, Living Room, Dining, Deck, and Kitchen

Property ID#8056
Lux Beachfront Casa De Balboa 225

Newport Beach California United States

Weekly Rent (in $US Dollars):
Low Season: $2,795
High Season: $4,595

No. of Bedrooms: 3
No. of Bathrooms: 2
Sleeps: 8

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Beach House Vacation Rental
Newport Beach, California, United States

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SPECIALS! 5/12-5/17 $375/nt (3nt min); 5/31-6/04 $3295 wk

Description

For the most discriminating guests! Casa de Balboa is a Five Star property. If this is the first time renting a vacation home... don't fret. Our guests are used to the finest accommodations. Ssshhh! Our location is a well kept secret! Unique and Caribbean like are several descriptions we have heard. Casa de Balboa your vacation home year round! Mi Casa et su Casa!

Have the BEST of both... the beautiful Newport Bay AND the Ocean!! It doesn't get better than this!!

Casa 225 is a beautifully decorated, second-level, three-bedroom/two-bath duplex. It offers a living room, dining room, and a fully-appointed kitchen (including a Viking range). The property is 45 feet wide -- affording a rather large lengthy travertine covered deck across the width of the property.

Views! Views! Views! Unlike many oceanside properties (with no view due to the width of the beach), you'll have amazing views both day and night! Our premium location is directly across from a beautiful large bay beach (Mother's Beach) -- with views across Newport Bay of Fashion Island and Newport Coast. The view is particularly lovely at night with city and bay lights.

Watch the boats pass by from the comfort of your master bedroom, living room -- and, of course, from your large private deck (which is great for outdoor dining). The deck also affords front-row seating for the Fourth of July Boat Parade and the world-famous Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade.

In addition to our bayfront location, the property is just one short block from the ocean boardwalk and pier. And it's within walking distance of many restaurants offering a variety of fare. Enjoy Mexican cuisine, seafood (including the famous Crab Cooker), Italian, Sushi, and several gourmet restaurants such as Renato's and Ocean Front.

Walk or bike to Balboa Island, Lido, and the Fun Center, located near the Pavilion.

This home was recently extensively renovated. The floors, including the master bedroom floor, are lovely maple hardwood. The other two bedrooms are carpeted. The living room has a lovely seagrass rug atop the wood.

The kitchen has beautiful custom cabinets and granite counters. The decor is upscale beachy with slip-covered furniture and beautiful artwork. It's painted in a soothing neutral palette -- designed to enhance the lovely water view.

All bedrooms are generous in size, with built-ins in the closets. To add more of a Caribbean feel, the closet doors are louvered and painted white against the beige background. The carpeting is new -- in a sisal-type loom and color. The master bedroom has sliding doors to the front deck with substantial views! There are two new bathrooms beautifully done in marble and travertine. One is private to the master bedroom.

There is sleeping for six in beds -- with one NEW Cal King Westin Heavenly pillow top-size bed in the master bedroom two additional new Westin pillow-top queens in the secondary and third bedrooms. A sofa sleeper can accomodate two more guests.

A sofa sleeper can accomodate two more guests.

The property is well maintained and always super clean.

Bring your fishing poles! There is a small bay dock two doors away for fishing and loading/unloading passengers. There are electric and motor boats for rent at the Pavilion. Don't forget your tennis rackets too! Free Courts are two blocks away. And there's a great tot lot just one block away!

From the moment you walk through the dutch door, you'll feel "at home" - and maybe a little pampered at the beach. ©

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Amenities

Amenities

* Telephone and Answering Machine

* Digital Cable TV

* Flat Screen Television

* DVD/VCR

* Gourmet Kitchen with custom Cabinetry and Granite

* GE Built-in Refrigerator

* Filtered Cold Water and Ice Dispenser

* Fisher Paykel Dual Drawer Stainless Steel Dishwasher

* Viking Professional Stainless Steel 36" Gas Range

* Caphalon Cookware

* Fine Dinnerware and Flatware. Wine Glasses

* Microwave

* Weber Gas Barbeque

* Patio Furniture

*Commercial Gas Patio Heater

* Washer/Dryer

* Linens/Towels

* Robes and Slippers Provided for Master

* Blowdryers

* High Speed Internet

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Weekly Rental Rates
We rent only weekly during May, June, July, and August. Sat to Sat.

Casa 225 (3 bed/ 2 bath)

Check back often for cancellations!

SPECIALS!! 5/12-5/17 $375/nt Restrictions apply
5/31-6/07 wk $3295
6/28-8/30 wk $4595
8/30-9/06 wk $3695
9/06-10/04 wk $3395
10/04-11/01 wk $2995
11/01-11/22 wk $2795
11/22-11/29 $3795
11/29-12/17 $2695
12/17-12/20 (3nts Christmas Boat Parade) $1695
12/20-12/27(Christmas w/2nts Parade) $3995
12/27-1/01/09 New Years (5nts) $2895

Holiday rates may be higher, please inquire. Please add Refundable Security Deposit $750.00. Cleaning Fee $180.00. Local Tax 10%. Rates are for 6 guests $75 per additional.

During the summer season Casa Balboa rents on a Saturday-to-Saturday basis only. A security deposit of $750 is required, and is refunded within 21-30 days of your check-out. We accept personal checks, wire transfers, and bank checks. Sorry, but we are not set up for credit cards.

Cancellation Policy:

IN THE EVENT OF CANCELLATION ANY DEPOSIT IS FORFEITED AND MAY BE REFUNDED WHEN AND IF THE PROPERTY IS RE-RENTED FOR THE COMPLETE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. $25.00 WILL BE CHARGES FOR RETURNED CHECKS

Rental Agreement:

1. Security deposit is returnable by mail within 21 days after premises are vacated. The unit has a mandatory eone hundred fifty to a hundred eighty ($150.00 2 bedrooms /$180.00 3 bedrooms) dollar cleaning fee. If unit is termed (unacceptable) the charges will be higher.

2. Tenant is responsible for reporting any unacceptable conditions of property in writing to Casa de Balboa on the day of taking occupancy. If no report is made we will presume that the premises are acceptable.

3. Gas, water, and electricity are to be paid for by Casa de Balboa. The telephone is supplied by Casa de Balboa., tenant agrees to pay all charges incurred during the time of his/her tenancy. Security deposits will be held until the phone bill arrives and phone charges will be deducted.

4. TENANT SHALL NOT DISTURB, ANNOY, ENDANGER OR INTERFERE WITH OTHER TENANTS OF THE BUILDING OR NEIGHBORS. NOR USE THE PREMISES FOR ANY UNLAWFUL PURPOSES, NOR VIOLATE ANY LAW OR ORDINANCE, NOR COMMIT WASTE OR NUISANCE UPON THE PREMISES. IT IS FURTHER AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD BETWEEN TENANT AND CASA DE BALBOA THAT ANY DISTURBANCES RESULTING IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS OR POLICE ACTION SHALL CAUSE TENANCY TO BE SUBJECT TO TERMINATION FORTHWITH AND ALL MONIES TO BE FORFEITED TO CASA DE BALBOA.

5. Tenant agrees to keep the property, furnishings, and appliances clean and in good repair and to pay for any damages tenant or tenant’s invitee may cause in excess of the security deposit. Tenant’s personal property is not insured by Casa de Balboa.

6. Tenant agrees to allow owner or his agent or representative to enter the premises for making necessary repairs.

7. Tenant shall not let or sublet all or any part of the premises nor assign his agreement or any or any interest in it without prior written consent of Casa de Balboa.

8. If tenant abandons the or vacates the property before the termination time, Casa de Balboa may reenter the premises and take possession and remove all property.

10. Not responsible for articles left behind or lost.

11. This is a NONSMOKING UNIT.

ALL RENTALS OF 31 DAYS OR LESS ARE SUBJECT TO A CITY OCCUPANCY TAX OF 10% OF THE TOTAL RENT

ABOUT NEWPORT BEACH:

Newport Beach has the perfect location as it is centrally located between Los Angeles (Hollywood) and San Diego. It is a short drive to Disneyland and Knottsberry Farms, as well as many day trips.

Newport Beach is one of California's Overlooked Treasures

What: Charming island and peninsula, with great beaches. Despite all of its charms, it's often overlooked by tourists and area residents alike, which keeps it relatively uncrowded.

The seven islands of Newport Beach Harbor lie cradled inside Balboa Peninsula, and are some of the most expensive real estate in Southern California. Homes costing $1.5 million and up are surrounded by one of the world's largest small yacht harbors. Newport Beach is a quiet, relaxed place where you're more likely to meet the harbor patrol than the highway patrol, and you'll hear more birds than automobiles.

Where: Just off Pacific Coast Highway in Orange County. Take CA 55 south from I-5 and directly onto Newport Blvd., or exit CA 1 at Newport Blvd. Newport Blvd. turns into Balboa Blvd., and goes down the middle of the peninsula.

Reach Balboa Island from the peninsula by ferry, or take Jamboree Rd. south from I-5. When: Any time

Newport Beach Sights and Activities

Harbor Cruise: Cruise on the Pavilion Paddy to get acquainted with Newport Beach Harbor. Soak up sunshine while moving gently past through green water. Float past waterfront homes, each with their own boat dock, and listen to the gossip-column stories of today and yesterday. Learn who owns that enormous yacht, and how they made their money. You'll pass cottages so small you'd have to go outside just to change your mind, and million dollar mansions divided by sibling squabbles.

Balboa Beach: Balboa Peninsula's beach was named one of the top ten urban beaches in the United States by Surfrider Magazine in 2001. Ocean side or harbor side? It could be the most difficult decision of your day. The Wedge, at the ocean-side tip of Balboa Peninsula, is famous for bodysurfing. Nearby, Corona del Mar State Beach sits below protective cliffs, the sand littered with beachgoers.

Balboa Island: The ferry takes you to Balboa Island, but first stop for lunch on the upstairs patio at Newport Landing, where the harbor traffic provides a side dish of free entertainment to go with your meal. Once planned to be a racetrack, Balboa Island now teems with cottages arranged in neat rows, looking like a Norman Rockwell scene with American flags flying. Marine Avenue, the island's only shopping area, offers a variety of wares, from handmade kites to resort wear.

Newport is well known for it surfers and the Dory Fishing Fleet. Watch them bring in their catch at the Newport Pier around 9am. Grab a coffee and donut at the beach shops first.

Side Trip: Newport Beach likes to claim Catalina Island as one of its attractions even though it's technically in Los Angeles County, but who can blame them? If you have the time, take the Catalina Flyer for a day trip to Catalina Island, "the land of happiness."

Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade

The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade stated in the early 1900s when Venetian gondolier John Scarpa put lights on eight canoes and his gondola. Scarpa might be surprised at what his simple act has spawned, with some entrants in today's Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade spending over $50,000 to decorate their vessels for the event. It's a popular local tradition, but the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade has also been ranked one of the country's top holiday happenings by the New York Times.

These days, it's largest harbor parade in Southern California, with more than 100 boats, canoes, kayaks cruising the harbor decked out in enough lights to make Las Vegas jealous.

Watching the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade from Land

The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade starts at Collins Island at 6:30 p.m. each evening and finishes at the same spot. It runs for five days in mid-December, Wednesday through Sunday. The boats follow a longer route on the weekend, taking about two and a half hours to make their rounds on Wednesday and Thursday and three hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The bay front is a great place to watch the show of passing lights reflecting off the water. The parade route goes generally along the inner edges of the bay and circles Balboa Island. These are some of the places where you can watch it:

• On the bay side of Balboa Peninsula from 18th Street to the end of Bay Avenue (where Casa de Balboa is located!) • Anywhere along the water on Balboa Island • Along Pacific Coast Highway between Balboa Bay Club and Riverside Drive • Along the water on Lido Isle. Boats go into the channel on the west end of the island only on weekends

NEWPORT BEACH CELEBRATES 100 YEARS!!!!

Timeline of Newport Beach History

1776 Franciscan fathers of San Juan Capistrano Mission began administration of Newport Bay area.

1810 Spanish land grant of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana (including the Newport mesa and western mainland shoreline of Newport Bay) made to Jose Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta.

1842 Mexican land grant of Rancho San Joaquin (including the Newport Upper Bay and most of the mainland shoreline of lower bay) made to Jose Andres Sepulveda.

1860 First attempt by U.S. Coast Survey to make a preliminary examination of the Santa Ana River estuary (lower bay).

1864 Newport Bay holdings of Joss Sepulveda are sold to Flint, Bixby, and Irvine. James Irvine obtains partners’ interests in 1876.

1868 Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana partitioned, its holdings bordering Newport Bay going to Flint, Bixby, and Irvine, and to attorneys Andrew Classell and Albert B. Chapman.

1870 The steamer Vaquero enters Newport Bay; Newport Landing established on the inner shores. "The name 'Newport' was suggested by a Mrs. Perkins,' according to Ellen Lee.

1870 Vaquero is sold; little if any activity on Newport Bay for three years.

1878 Steamer Newport sold to Pacific Coast Steamship Co., but continues on San Francisco-Newport run until 1889.

1887 Survey made by W.H.H. Benyuard of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine feasibility of U.S. government-financed improvements to Newport Bay. Estimated cost: $1.2 million. Failing to get a federal appropriation for this work, the McFaddens build an ocean wharf in the summer and fall of 1888.

1889 McFadden brothers move their shipping business from inside the bay to new "outside landing" on peninsula oceanfront.

1891 Completion of the Santa Ana and Newport Railway. Wharf damaged when outer 600 feet are washed away by storm on Feb. 22, but repairs soon made.

1892 James McFadden receives title to peninsula from 40th St. to 9th St., purchased for a dollar an acre as government swamp and overflow land. McFadden has town site laid out near the wharf, where lots are leased by the year.

1896 James McFadden buys marsh island in the bay (later dredged) and filled to create Balboa, Lido, and Harbor islands.

1899 Santa Ana and Newport Railroad and wharf sold to the Southern Pacific.

1902 Remaining McFadden Newport Bay holdings sold to W.S. Collins and A.C. Hanson.

1903- Establishment of subdivisions of W Newport, E Newport, Bay Island,

1907 Balboa, Corona del Mar, Balboa Islands, and Port Orange.

1904 Pacific Electric trolley lines reach Orange County, first at Seal Beach.

1905 Pacific Electric Railroad reaches Newport in 1905, connecting city by rail with Los Angeles - the start of rapid transit.

1906 Pacific Electric rails extended to Balboa. Balboa Pavilion completed at cost of $15,000. Newport Beach becomes a city. Newport annexes Balboa. Balboa Ferry starts.

1921 Santa Ana River rechanneled from Newport Bay, to the sea. Madam Larue, The Green Dragon, and Soto's curio shop thrive in Balboa.

1907 West Newport canals dredged, creating Newport Island.

1908 Gondolier G. Scarpa launches idea for Tournament of Lights.

1909 Famed actress and cosmopolite Madame Helena Modjeska dies at her home on Bay Island.

1910 McFadden brothers sell Newport, Lido, and Balboa Island for $35,000.

1911 Glenn Martin flies from Newport Bay to Catalina in 37 minutes setting longest over-water record in aviation history Newport Harbor lines established, ratified by Congress in 1917.

1914 County Hospital opens in Orange. Storm inundates Newport.

1915 Bond issue brings 108 miles of good roads to county, including Newport Beach.

1916 Balboa Island annexed to city of Newport Beach. Flood inundates county when Santa Ana River and Santiago Creek burst banks.

1917- Harbor work done by City Orange County, including construction of

1921 1,900-foot-long west jetty, construction of Bitter Point Dam, diversion of Santa Ana River from bay, and dredging of city and county channels. Cost to city: $290,000; to county, $500,000.

1917 Barge scene for silent movie spectacle, Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara, filmed in Newport Harbor. Newporters register for draft as war is declared on Germany.

1918 Spanish influenza hits county. 12 dead in one day at Delhi.

1919 City of Newport Beach receives title to tidelands adjacent to its boundaries. First Tournament of Lights.

1920 Santa Ana River rechanneled by building Bitter Point dam.

1922 First Newport Yacht Regatta. Duke Kahanamoku introduces surfboarding to the western United States at Newport Beach. First sanitary sewers installed under supervision of Paul Kressley, city engineer.

1923 Corona del Mar annexed to city of Newport Beach. The Eddie Martin Airport opens, later to become Orange County Airport, the nation's second busiest. Old McFadden area cleaned up. First public restrooms built at McFadden place.

1924 General Lansing Beach, retired chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducts survey and recommends expenditure of $1.2 million for Newport Harbor improvements. Eight drown at Newport when launch Adieu capsizes. Balboa Yacht Club founded.

1925 Dr. Albert A. Michelson establishes speed of light with mile-long experimental tube on Irvine Beach.

1926 County voters defeat bond issues to finance $1.2 million in Harbor improvements. Coast Highway opened by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.

1927 City of Newport Beach votes $500,000 to extend west jetty and build new east jetty. Metropolitan Water District organized, eventually to bring Colorado River water to Southern California. Typhoid epidemic hits area.

1928 Emergency dredging of harbor entrance by Citizens' Harbor Committee. Rendezvous Ballroom opens at Balboa. First Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii leaves Newport Bay.

1929 Beginning of the Great Depression. City of Newport Beach votes $200,000 for harbor entrance dredging and construction of rock groins. Academy Award winner All Quiet On The Western Front is filmed above Corona del Mar.

1930 Lido Island dredging and filling completed.

1932 South of Newport Beach, the largest capture of contraband whisky of Prohibition period occurs when the ship Daylight is seized off Salt Creek in South Laguna.

1933 Federal government allocates $1.14 million and Orange County voters endorse bond issue of $640,000 to finance final harbor reclamation projects of 1934-35. Epic earthquake causes $8 million in damages, takes 12 lives in county; epicenter off Newport Beach. An indication that there was human habitation in the area 15,000 to 18,000 years ago comes with the discovery in Laguna Beach of the skull now known as 'Laguna Woman.'

1934 The Irvine Company salt works established at head of Newport Back Bay.

1935 Newport Harbor dredged & jetties extended. First 'Flight of Snowbirds.” Howard Hughes sets new speed record at Martin's Airport with 351 M.P.H. flight. First Rendezvous Ballroom fire.

1936 Dedication of Newport Harbor; FDR opens the $4 million harbor by telegraph key from Washington, D.C. Total expenditure on Newport Harbor improvements by private, city, county, and federal agencies between 1906 and 1936: $3,956,800. Senate appropriates $13 million for Orange County flood projects.

1938 Devastating storm pounds county and harbor leaving 119 dead, 68,400 acres flooded, 2,000 homeless.

1939 Mercury hits 108 degrees during eight-day heat wave, brings droves to Newport Beach. High winds, riptides destroy county piers; numerous drownings and small craft losses in harbor.

1941 First blackout (Dec.10). MWD water arrives from Colorado River. World War II is on, and Newport Beach shipbuilders are destined to play an important role in helping with the country's defense.

1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base opens along with Army Air Force West Coast Training Center, attracting servicemen to Newport Beach for rest and relaxation when time allows.

1943 El Toro Marine Base opens on 4,000 acres of Irvine Ranch, attracting thousands of recruits to Orange County, many of whom finally settled in Newport Beach. Lighter-Than-Air Station south of Tustin gets 1,600 acres to house blimps on coastal submarine patrol, making sure the Pacific Coast - and Newport Beach - are safe from Japanese invasion.

1944 Newport Beach businesses enjoy prosperity from the patronage of military stationed nearby. New restaurants and watering holes spring up to meet the demand.

1945 War ends, thank God.

1946 Santa Ana Army Air Base closes. Real estate begins to boom.

1947 James Irvine, 80, dies in Montana. Sensational Overell trial, longest in county history, results in acquittal for Bud Gollum and Beulah Overell on charge of dynamiting her parents to death aboard Newport yacht.

1948 First Newport-Ensenada Yacht Race. Big election, new city government takes over. Balboa, Corona del Mar, Balboa Island Improvement Associations start.

1950 A $500,000 gift from Hoag Foundation assures construction of a hospital for Newport; flying saucers reported over the city.

1951 Orange Coast YMCA organized; oil found on city property.

1952 W.C. Collins, developer of Balboa Island, dies; City Council votes to keep dogs off Balboa Island beaches; king of Iraq visits the harbor; first baby is born at Hoag Hospital.

1953 Newport Beach City Council bans poker parlors, tables; 50,000 boys at international Boy Scout jamboree held on Irvine land.

1954 Dora Hill elected as first woman mayor; new city charter drafted.

1955 County takes over administration and operation of harbor.

1956 Castaways restaurant landmark above Dover Dr. burns; freeways proposed for Orange County; official city flower, Barbara Karste Bougainvillea, is dedicated on Arbor Day.

1957 Influx of new residents causes prices of oceanfront lots to rise to $15,000.

1958 Big industry comes to Newport when Hughes' semiconductor plant and Aeronutronics opens; Newport Dunes opens with plans to rival Disneyland.

1959 Star class world championships are held; Newporter Inn opens; Boy Scout house on Cliff Dr. is donated to the city.

1960 U.S. destroyers collide off Newport, killing 11 men; 3-ton shark is netted by fishing boat; first high-rise building appears - Vista del Lido apartments; snow falls on the, harbor.

1961 Newport Harbor Art Museum opens.

1962 Pacific Electric trains along the ocean are used for the last time to deliver boats to Newport.

1963 Official Newport Beach city flag adopted, designed by 11-year-old Jeff Wilcox; Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce opposes 5th Avenue freeway; Mariners Library dedicated.

1964 Reuben E. Lee floating restaurant opens; city council passes "bed" tax for visitors of fewer than 15 days; aircraft carrier Bennington anchors at harbor entrance for public visiting; Paddleboarder Larry Capune becomes first Newporter Inn guest to register at sea.

1965 A.J. McFadden places historical marker at McFadden (Newport) Pier; Prince Takahito Mikasa of Japan visits harbor; UCI opens with 1,600 students; city council okays horse corral at Irvine Coast Country Club.

1966 Citizens' group forms to fight airport expansion; Bicycle trails master plan is proposed; West Newport gets streetlights; Rendezvous Ballroom burns and is demolished.

1967 West Newport Beach homes periled by storm surf; emergency sand haul started; Fashion Island opens.

1968 Army Corps of Engineers begins construction of rock groins along West Newport oceanfront.

1969 Western Salt Works in Back Bay demolished by floods; Ensign newspaper wins top award in the nation for weekly reporting.

1970 Police helicopter patrols begin; Balboa Ferry gets historic plaque; Intrepid, with Skipper Bill Ficker, wins America's Cup.

1971 Newport voters overwhelmingly reject freeway through city, earthquake shakes homes and rattles nerves; Fun Zone saved from becoming condominiums.

1972 Voters reject police facility and city hall at Newport Center; City Council passes restrictive height limit law; Newport Harbor High School band plays in the Rose Parade.

1973 Orange County bus lines extend to Newport; Christmas Festival of Lights canceled due to energy crisis.

1974 Police department moves to new facility in Newport Center; South Coast Shipyard declared an historical landmark.

1975 The largest fire in Newport history destroys a block of commercial property on Mariner's Mile; fire department adds paramedic unit; Upper Bay becomes a marine preserve and wildlife refuge under the California Fish & Game Department.

1976 Sheraton Hotel builds 300-room complex on Emkay Development Company Tract on Birch Street, near orange County Airport.

1977 Newport Harbor Art Museum moves into elegant, new, 21,000-square- foot home in Newport Center. Irvine Company sold to consortium consisting of A.A. Taubman, Charles Allen, Donald Bren, Henry Ford II, and Joan Irvine Smith. Price: $337.4 million.

1978 Peter Kremer named president. South Coast Repertory occupies new Fourth Step Theater complex in Segerstrom South Coast center.

1979 O.W. "Dick" Richard dies. John Wayne dies. Orange County Airport renamed John Wayne Airport.

1980 Slow-growth members of City Council - Paul Ryckoff and Ray Williams - defeated by 3-to-I margin. Newport Center Public Library opens.

1981 Balboa island bridge reconstructed. Master Plan for John Wayne Orange County Airport approved.

1982 $15 million renovation and dredging of Upper Bay through joint efforts of Newport Beach, Irvine, Tustin, and state, county, and federal agencies.

1983 Donald Bren becomes sole owner of The Irvine Company.

1984 City Council incumbents Phil Maurer, John Cox, and Ruthelyn Plummer easily reelected.

1985 Federal court approves John Wayne Orange County Airport expansion plans and agreement with Newport Beach.

1986 Voters reject expansion and total build out plans for Newport Center, in special election resulting from referendum.

1987 Joan Irvine Smith's suit against Donald Bren and The Irvine Company goes to trial. The Irvine Company gives $10.5 million tract to Newport Harbor Art Museum for new $50-million building at the corner of Coast Highway and MacArthur Boulevard. Prominent builders and community activists Jim Ray and T. Duncan Stewart die.

1988 Death claims prominent community leaders Dorothy Hardcastle, A. Vincent Jorgensen, John Macnab, and Ladislaw "Laddie" Reday. City Council sponsors history of Newport Beach's 'First Century.'

1989 The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation is incorporated.

1990 Development of the Newport Coast area begins.

1993 Military base closures announced by federal government. El Toro Marine Corps Air Station makes the list, sparking controversy about its potential reuse as commercial airport.

1994 Dedication ceremony held for new Central Library. County of Orange files for bankruptcy after identifying $1.5 billion investment pool loss. Initiative designating El Toro as future commercial airport passes.

1995 Orange County Board of Supervisors becomes the reuse authority for the El Toro air station.

1996 Inaugural Newport Beach International Film Festival held.

1999 El Toro base is closed.

2000 The Greenlight Initiative requiring voter approval of major development projects passes in Newport Beach. Countywide measure passes requiring approval of airport and other large public works projects by two-thirds of voters.

2001 County supervisors adopt plan to convert El Toro into commercial airport. Opponents place initiative on ballot to overturn earlier measure and rezone El Toro as a park.

2002 Newport Coast and Santa Ana Heights annexation as part of Newport Beach is completed. County voters approve measure changing designation of El Toro from future airport to park and other uses. FAA approves agreement restricting noise levels and airport operating hours at John Wayne Airport. State grant awarded for the Donna & John Crean Mariners Branch Library.

2003 Newport Beach’s reputation as a high-end tourist destination is given a boost by the opening of three new luxury hotels, including the Balboa Bay Club Resort and Spa.

2004 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agrees to dispose offshore 400,000 cubic yards of dredged Santa Ana River sand in response to residents’ complaints about initial plan that would have spread this sand on Newport’s beaches. Cast members and producers of the Fox network hit series “The OC” visit Newport Beach and are given keys to the city.

Sources:

1776-1988 - James P. Felton. Newport Beach: The First Century, 1888-1988. Newport Beach Historical Society, 1988. 1989-2004 - Compiled from various sources including the Daily Pilot archives, ProQuest database (for articles from the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register), County of Orange website at www.ocgov.com.