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Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana. As of January 1, 2009, the population was 86,252. The current OMB metropolitan designation for Newport Beach lies within the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine area. The city is currently one of the wealthiest communities in the United States and has even been ranked first in some categories.
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Newport Beach Culture
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Newport Beach has figured into several television shows and movies:
- The popular TV show The O.C. was based on the fictional lives of people living in Newport Beach.
- MTV replaced its hit teen-reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County with a new show, Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, on August 15, 2007. Only the cast and location changed in the new series, based on the lives of high school students living in Newport Beach.
- The TV series "Arrested Development" was set in Orange County and would often feature scenes at Newport Beach.
- Several scenes from the Disney Channel movie The Thirteenth Year were filmed at the Balboa Pavilion in 1999.
- The pop rock band Cute Is What We Aim For has a song titled Newport Living.
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Newport Beach Education
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Newport-Mesa Unified School District
- Newport Elementary School
- Corona del Mar High School
- Newport Harbor High School
- Sage Hill School
- Eastbluff Elementary School
- Ensign Intermediate School
- Harbor Day School
- Harbor View Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Mariners Elementary School
- Newport Heights Elementary School
- Newport Coast Elementary School
- Our Lady Queen of Angels School
- Roy O. Andersen Elementary School
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Newport Beach History
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In 1870 a steamer named "The Vaquero" made its first trip to a marshy lagoon for trading. Ranch owners in the Lower Bay decided from then on that the area should be called "Newport.
In 1905 city development increased when Pacific Electric Railroad established a southern terminus in Newport connecting the beach with downtown Los Angeles. In 1906 with a population of 206 citizens, the scattered settlements were incorporated as the City of Newport Beach.
Settlements filled in on the Peninsula, West Newport, Balboa Island and Lido Isle. In 1923 Corona del Mar was annexed and in 2002 Newport Coast was annexed.
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Newport Beach Lifestyle
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Points of Interest
- Fashion Island
- Newport Harbor and Newport Back Bay
- Balboa Fun Zone and Balboa Island Ferry
- Newport Pier and Balboa Pier
- Orange County Museum of Art
- Newport Sports Museum
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Balboa Bay Club
- Orange County Council BSA Sea Base
- Dory Fish Market
- Newport Aquatic Center
- The Crab Cooker
- Newport Beach Mormon Temple
- Pelican Hill Golf Club
- Crystal Cove State Beach
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Newport Beach Nature
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The Upper Newport Bay was carved out by the prehistoric flow of the Santa Ana River. It feeds the delta that is the Back Bay, and eventually joins Lower Newport Bay, commonly referred to as Newport Harbor. The Lower Bay includes Balboa Island, Bay Island, Harbor Island, Lido Isle and Linda Isle.
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Newport Beach News
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Newport Beach Recreation
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Attractions include beaches on the Balboa Peninsula (featuring body-boarding hot-spot The Wedge), Corona del Mar State Beach and Crystal Cove State Park, to the south.
The Catalina Flyer, a giant 500 passenger catamaran, provides daily transportation from the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach to Avalon, California located on Santa Catalina Island. The historic Balboa Pavilion, established in 1906, is Newport Beach's most famous landmark.
The Orange County Museum of Art is a museum that exhibits modern and contemporary art, with emphasis on the work of California artists.
Balboa Island is an artificial island in Newport Harbor that was dredged and filled right before World War I. The Balboa Fun Zone is home to the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum.
The Pelican Hill area has two golf courses, both of which were recently reopened after extensive remodeling and the construction of a new hotel and clubhouse.
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Newport Beach Transportation
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Newport Beach extends in elevation from sea level to the 1161 ft (354 m.) summit of Signal Peak in the San Joaquin Hills, but the official elevation is 25 feet above sea level.
The city is bordered to the west by Huntington Beach at the Santa Ana River, on the north side by Costa Mesa, John Wayne Airport, and Irvine (including UC Irvine), and on the east side by Crystal Cove State Park. Areas of Newport Beach include Corona del Mar, Balboa Island, Newport Coast, San Joaquin Hills, and Balboa Peninsula (also known as Balboa).
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Newport Beach Weather
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Newport Beach has a Mediterranean climate. Like many coastal cities in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, Newport Beach shows strong climate variation compared to inland cities, even those only a few miles from the ocean. The Pacific Ocean greatly moderates Newport Beach's climate by warming winter temperatures and cooling summer temperatures; there is little variation between seasons and high and monthly low temperatures.
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