NEWPORT BEACH – More than 100,000 visitors poured into west Newport Beach on Wednesday to celebrate the Fourth of July in what was become an annual ritual, the city’s police department reported.

Arrests were down slightly in Newport Beach on the Fourth of July holiday from the previous year, with 86 arrests throughout the city but mostly concentrated in the West Newport area. The number ...

With the nonstop boom of illicit firecrackers exploding throughout the day and night on July 4 in and around Newport Beach, the Newport Dunes Waterfront Celebration seemed like a safe and sane ...

Newport Beach resident Dotty McDonald is a wanted woman — that is, there isn’t a police officer within a 100-mile radius who wouldn’t want her living in the immediate vicinity. A volunteer ...

Hundreds of thousands of people will be flocking to Southern California’s beaches on Fourth of July, setting up on the sand to kick off the holiday festivities, with plenty of fun in the sun ...

Whichever one you choose, these celebrations offer a fun time for the whole family. Below is a list of free Fourth of July celebrations happening around the state, broken down by town.