Nine couples are suing an Orange County IVF clinic after they claim the clinic killed their embryos and tried to cover up the mistake. According to the couples' lawyers at Marcereau Law Group and Ikuta Hemesath LLP, Ovation Fertility made mistakes at its Newport Beach laboratory, then "knowingly implanted dead embryos into would-be mothers and then tried to conceal the laboratory mistakes that had poisoned the embryos," their lawyers said in a news release. Specifically, the laboratory used "lethal hydrogen peroxide instead of distilled water during pre-implantation dethawing procedures in Jan ..read more

A landslide has endangered three homes in Newport Beach on Thursday. The slide in the 1400 block of Galaxy Drive was reported around 4 a.m., according to John Pope with the city. That location, which faces the back bay and the Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area, is only a few blocks from a similar slide in March 2023 ..read more

The Newport Beach Police Department has reported another recent burglary that was made possible by a thief using a hillside to access a home's backyard. According to an NBPD press release, a burglar broke into a home in the Newport Ridge North Community sometime between 3 a.m. Feb. 17 and 11:40 p.m. March 9 ..read more

Even after four decades in the high-pressure world of college basketball, Mark Gottfried is not one to be idle. First as a player, then as an assistant at UCLA followed by head coach stints at Murray State, Alabama, North Carolina State and Cal State Northridge, Gottfried pushed his teammates and later his players toward excellence. The Bruins won a national title under his tutelage, Alabama made it to the Elite Eight and he lead NC State to two Sweet Sixteen appearances. North Carolina State head coach Mark Gottfried reacts after winning a game against Villanova at Consol Energy Center on M ..read more

Josh Giddey of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder won't face criminal charges related to allegations that he dated an underage girl, TMZ reports. Giddey, 21, was allegedly involved in a relationship with a girl who was 15 or 16 at the time; the age of consent in California is 18. The Newport Beach Police Department investigated the matter after the allegations were posted on social media and despite information and photos posted online, police "found no corroborating evidence," TMZ reported. TMZ previously reported that the girl and her family refused to cooperate with the police investigation ..read more

A suspected EBT scammer wanted by the FBI in Southern California was taken into custody in Florida. The alleged scammer, known only by the alias "Walerian Grabowski," was taken into custody on Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Seamus Hughes of Court Watch connected Grabowski's arrest to the alleged bank fraud and identity theft ring that operated in Southern California from about November 2021 to September 2022. Grabowski and four others — Birdal Osman, Ilie-Sebastian-Laur Vasilescu, Bogdan Adrian Purgariu and Silviu-Florin Spiridon  ..read more

A large sewage spill prompted the closure of areas in Laguna Beach to the public on Saturday. Around 1,964 gallons of sewage were released into the ocean due to a blockage in a sewer main, according to the OC Health Care Agency. Ocean areas from Victoria Beach to Goff Island Beach are currently closed. Visitors are not allowed to swim, surf, or dive into the waters until results from a follow-up monitoring test show bacteria levels are up to health standards. People who come into contact with contaminated water during this period could become ill, officials warned. Those who are especially sus ..read more

The investigation into NBA star Josh Giddey's alleged relationship with a teen girl may have hit a roadblock. TMZ reports that the girl and her family won't cooperate with the Newport Beach Police Department's investigation ..read more

The Newport Beach Police Department is reportedly conducting a high-profile investigation that could impact one of the NBA's young stars. Oklahoma City Thunder guard-forward Josh Giddey has been the cause of much speculation after a social media post accused the 21-year-old of having an inappropriate romantic relationship with a teen girl. The NBA has announced it is investigating the allegations, but so too is the NBPD, as the girl, believed to be 15 or 16 at the time of the relationship, is based in the area, TMZ reports. The age of consent in California is 18, while it is 16 in Oklahoma. Th ..read more

Bioluminescence is not an unfamiliar sight in California, but when it's spotted, it's often aquatic creatures playing in the lit waters. Earlier this week, however, a photographer and videographer captured some humans getting in on the fun. In Huntington Beach, boogie boarders took to the ocean to catch some glowing waves, which are usually the result of plankton called Lingulodinium polyedra, often shortened to L. poly ..read more