Meet Bubbles, the stray who came to stay at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter
Bubbles, a Chihuahua-pug mix who has been tapped as the mascot of the Newport Beach Animal Shelter, has uniforms, a tiny badge and her own police cruiser.
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The Newport Beach Animal Shelter wasn’t exactly looking for a mascot in Oct. 2019, when officers located a tiny stray female Chihuahua-pug mix hobbling around on nearby Mesa Drive but that’s exactly what they got.
There was something not quite right about the little pooch, whose front paws angled outward in a Charlie Chaplin-like stance, turning her walk into a crooked and prancing gait, but they took her in and named her Bubbles for her sprightly personality.
Bicyclist struck by alleged DUI driver near Newport Harbor High identified
A white painted “ghost bike” has been placed at the corner of 16th Street and Irvine Avenue, where an 80-year-old man, Ernest Adams, of Newport Beach was struck by an alleged DUI driver on March 28 and later succumbed to his injuries.
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A Newport Beach resident who died in the hospital last week after his bicycle was struck by an alleged DUI driver near the intersection of 16th Street and Irvine Avenue has been identified by the Orange County coroner’s office.
Ernest Adams, 80, was riding his bike near Newport Harbor High School at around 3:15 p.m. on March 28 when he collided with a vehicle driven by Alexis Garcialopez, 20, of Norwalk, Newport Beach Police Department spokeswoman Heather Rangel confirmed Monday.
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Newport Beach Police Chief Recounts ‘More Crooks on the Street’
Newport Beach’s top cop says that while crime remains low in the coastal city, police have seen an upswing in thefts.
“We had frankly more crooks on the street,” Police Chief Jon Lewis said during a Feb. 18 Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce meeting. “They were taking advantage of these opportunities here.”
The department saw an increase in theft due to unattended property stolen by porch pirates, Lewis said.
One package thief was arrested and booked by officers seven times each a felony crime throughout 2020, Lewis said.
“When these people come in, they’re out quickly and they come back,” he said. “They know what the consequences are too, or the lack thereof.