Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@scng.com. “It’s not the way it’s portrayed,” the 40-something who declined to give her last name said of Trump’s supporters. Now on my way to Carson City, Nevada. A handful of supporters on both sides — Trump supporters on the northwest side, Biden supporters on the south east side — gingerly walked out on to the now-abandoned roadway before California Highway Patrol and Newport Beach officers on motorcycles shooed them back. Candidates in Orange County show that playing down the coronavirus crisis will help you win elections. Since 2016, he's worked at what would become the Southern California News Group, first as a digital editor for SCNG's San Gabriel Valley newspapers, then as a crime, cops and courts reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News.He's affiliated with the Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles chapter, for which he was elected a board member in 2019. Randy Duarte, a Joe Biden supporter, in Newport Beach. He’s become more outspoken, hanging a flag for a presidential candidate for the first time ever this year. The president raised $1,009,965 until July 31 in Newport Beach's 92660 zip code, and $630,482 in Newport Beach's 92663 zip code. Outdoor tables set up amid the COVID-19 pandemic were mostly deserted. A sign outside one home read: “No Biden — Socialism — Communism.”. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The sound of country music mingled with shouts of, “Four more years!” The rally was raucous and … It will be fun, fun, fun under the California sun for many well-heeled attendees at today’s Donald Trump fundraiser in Newport Beach — but not for Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, who … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. As an uncertain Wednesday dawned, Trump flags gently swayed from the balconies of tightly clustered homes on exclusive Lido Isle, where narrow streets were lined with Land Rovers, Porsches and BMWs. Parking will be impacted on Saturday …Traffic, parking and pedestrian access will be impacted all day Sunday,” the alert read.”Please plan your activities accordingly.”. The two tanned, middle-aged men on bicycles lazily cruised north on Newport Beach Boulevard, toward the bridge spanning the city’s main waterway. “Maybe a week in advance would have been nice,” Cardenas said. Pro-Trump supporters, protesting Armenians and others line the Trump motorcade route along Via Lido in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 18, 2020 hours before President Donald Trump … “People need to get up and work hard.”, Of Trump, she said, “We all cringe a little with how he speaks. The Times reported back in 2019 that of its 57,000 voters, 48% are Republicans, compared to 22.7% Democrat. Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. For the competition, local media companies and other businesses buy tables for their employees to participate. President Donald Trump made a rare visit to California Sunday, touching down in Orange County for an early afternoon private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey's Newport Beach estate. Karina Veliz knelt on the ground and carefully posed her tiny white dog, Coqueta La Diva, next to a “Vote” sign in the grass and snapped photos for her pet’s Instagram. As the sun set in Newport Beach Tuesday, Randy Duarte sat on his front porch across the street from his polling place, the Marina Park Community Center. I don’t have to like the guy. “Newport and PCH, those are your only options,” said Conrad Maag, 60, of Santa Ana, standing on the south side of the Newport Boulevard bridge. Tickets for the event at the home of tech executive Palmer Luckey range … While the number of high school graduates remained stable in 2020, fewer students went on to college than before, with graduates of high-poverty, low-income and urban schools the most severely affected. “If Biden is the one, we then need to support Biden over the next four years” and start planning for 2024, knowing Biden is likely too old to seek a second term, he said. Trump has outraised Biden in Newport Beach, according to an LA Times report. His upstairs tenant is a supporter of President Trump. The two were just there after church to take in the scene. And after four years in the intensely divisive Trump era, no amount of fact-checking, presentations on Trump’s many dishonest statements or concerns about his character seemed to hold sway. Another smaller group of supporters of former vice president Joe Biden gathered on the Newport Boulevard bridge. NEWPORT BEACH (CNS) - President Donald Trump is scheduled to come to Orange County Sunday for a private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey's estate, it was reported Friday. The child of Democrats, she said the party has moved too far left in recent years and that she is alarmed by what she called a growing reliance on government assistance such as welfare and food stamps. It is a sentiment widely felt in this coastal cradle of wealth where Trump’s well-heeled supporters have clung to hope this week with the election results up in the air. Brian Wilson and Al Jardine spoke out against Mike Love's decision to have the Beach Boys perform Sunday at a fundraiser for President Trump in Newport Beach, Calif. He attended journalism school at Boston University. On Thursday afternoon, Veliz was watching Fox and constantly refreshing her electoral college maps on her phone while Coqueta sat next to her in a sweater. Both stopped, then the man in the lead turned around to gawk at the massive crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump gathering on Via Lido. Rotellini kept busy with clients all day and was catching snippets about the tightening election on Fox whenever she could. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. “Business owners want to pay less in taxes. Trump's mega donor in … After the polls closed on Tuesday, the streets of Newport Beach were ghostly quiet. And conservative rich people tend to like a government that keeps its paws off their wallets to the greatest extent possible. Check this page for live Orange County election results, “People get too comfortable,” she said. Another big crowd, see you soon! “I’m very anxiously waiting to hear,” she said. “I would have been down here either way, just to see all the people who showed up.”, Two Marines arguing on the Newport Boulevard Bridge pic.twitter.com/tQ5xfm5lPk, — Josh Cain (@joshpcain) October 18, 2020. “There’s a lot of wealth in Newport Beach,” the 26-year-old Spence said, “and Trump is very good with business.”. Few knew the exact route Trump’s motorcade would take that morning, so there was plenty of speculation among supporters decked out in Trump gear as they lined up for a glimpse of him. Steve Martin of Westminster dances and cheers on passing motorists. “Some of ’em took an hour just to come down Newport Boulevard,” said Jay Cardenas, who works at the boat rental stand. “I think this country’s got enough of a solid footing that it’s not the end of the world,” he said. Did your neighborhood vote for Trump or Biden? There’s a third option. “He’s coming right there.”. “I’ve never seen anything like this in this area,” said Natalie Lawrence, 27, as she walked across the bridge from her family’s home on the north side in Costa Mesa. In recent days, passersby have screamed obscenities about Biden and President Obama and yelled at Duarte: “Go back to Mexico!”, Americans broke a 120-year-old turnout record — and are more divided than ever. President Donald Trump’s visit to Newport Beach’s Lido Isle for a fundraiser drew three different groups in large numbers to the usually packed shopping district with serene harbor views. Camping banned under latest order, but what other outdoor activities are allowed? As of Thursday, Biden was leading Trump 54% to 44% with a margin of more than 124,000 votes, according to the Orange County registrar of voters office. President Donald Trump made an approximately 2 1/2-hour visit to Orange County Sunday for an early afternoon private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey's Newport Beach estate. The network’s anchors said several times on Friday that Biden will be president elect once he passes 270 electoral votes. “We’re all Americans.” She added that Trump is “not racist,” noting that his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., accepted Jewish and Black members when other clubs in the affluent city did not. They repeatedly yelled an expletive at her. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. “Many wealthy people support Trump because he cut taxes and they benefited from that,” said Fred Smoller, an associate professor of political science at Chapman University in Orange. After a few minutes, a fleet of police and emergency vehicles, sirens and lights blazing, sped down the bridge, followed by two presidential limos. He had stayed up until about midnight, “praying and hoping something happens where we win.”, Fox News denies report it has told anchors not to call Biden ‘president-elect’. No longer. The video in question was taken after a cease-and-desist was ordered, according to the person who filed a complaint. The event, hosted by Trump Pence Victory, is expected to take place at a private residence in Newport Beach, California on Oct. 6. “Chaotic, definitely,” Vivanco said of what’s normally a laid-back scene. Three young white men, one in a Bass Pro Shops shirt, laughed at her as they walked past. Trump flew to Santa Ana, California Sunday for a high-dollar gathering with supporters hosted at the Newport Beach home of billionaire Palmer … “Mommy and Daughter Voting to Make America Great Again,” she captioned a photo of herself outside the Newport Beach Civic Center on Tuesday with Coqueta, an 11-year-old Maltese wearing a seersucker skirt, red toenail polish and an “I Voted” sticker. “Everything was growing.”. “Not the most relaxing atmosphere,” Eddie Lee said as they both rode down one of the off-ramps from the bridge. Giant television screens were visible inside homes all along Balboa Boulevard; each showed an election night map. Duarte, a 54-year-old insurance agent, grew up in a mostly white Orange County neighborhood and said he let a lot of casual racism slide. President Trump’s supporters Nasro Mohamed and Mohamed Sabul, both of Irvine, join fellow supporters cheering on passing motorists in front of the Republican Party headquarters on election day in Newport Beach. “We had a great economy” before the pandemic, she said. Trump, he said, “looks at us, the American people, as his stockholders, and he’s going to give to us what he said he was going to.”, Halliburton, a 78-year-old Air Force veteran with homes in Newport Beach, Georgia and Tennessee, said that “once you live in a country that’s somewhat socialist or hardcore socialist, you realize how valuable and wonderful this country is.”, Check this page for live California election results. Lawrence was walking with her father-in-law, Robert, 58, who was taking his Aussie-doodle mix Saela for a stroll. For all the talk about Trump’s rural base and the disaffected, working-class white voters who sent him to the White House, the president has long counted on a foundational support among very rich people, even in urban, coastal California, the heart of the so-called liberal resistance and a time-honored bogeyman for the right. “I’m trying to convince my wife, let’s take another route and go get coffee.”. President Trump is scheduled to attend a private fundraiser Sunday in Newport Beach. Outside the Newport Beach Civic Center Tuesday morning, Jennifer Rotellini, a 49-year-old real estate broker, said she cast a ballot for Trump largely because of the economy and the stock market. While they were in for a surprise on their normal route, they weren’t inconvenienced much; after passing through the three rallies, they were starting on their hour and a half ride back home. Standing beside Spence, a woman named Amber said she lined up on Via Lido last month to wave to the presidential motorcade before Trump’s fundraiser and that she was joined by “people of all races, colors, creeds, sexual identities.”. As a chapter, the association represents Asian and Pacific Islander reporters in the Los Angeles area. Some of Trump’s family members waved to supporters from the first vehicle. It is 80% white, compared with 40% of Orange County and 60% of the United States. And around, and sometimes through them, locals on their bikes or on walks with their dogs mingled among the dueling protests. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (CNS) — President Donald Trump made an approximately 2 1/2-hour visit to Orange County Sunday for an early afternoon private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey's Newport Beach estate. – Trump “Mega MAGA Rally”: 11 – Trump Fundraiser at noon. Locals and people employed at the docks and nearby restaurants got a heads up of about a day for Trump’s visit — many in the area said they got a noisy alert to their phones the night before. Election 2020: Americans turned out to vote in this year as never before, and the result seemed to deepen the trench dividing the two warring parties. What we don’t know, but may happen: – Trump may attend – Beach Boys at the Lido Turning Basin (maybe?) Southern California is driving record COVID-19 deaths with no signs of letting up. They work hard,” said Veliz, who is soon opening a luxury pet boutique. Behind them, Trump himself, maskless, poked his head out of his window and waved. Here’s how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks. He said the mainstream media have lied about Trump’s character and not paid enough attention to the business dealings of Biden’s son, Hunter, whom Trump’s allies have sought to portray as corrupt. The typical value of a single-family home in Newport Beach, according to Zillow, is nearly $2.9 million — 10 times the typical U.S. single-family home value of $298,000. Fewer high school graduates enrolled in college this fall amid COVID-19 pandemic, study shows. Newport Beach is traditionally a conservative seaside city in Orange County. He watched Fox on Wednesday. Twitter is both amazed by and concerned for CNN anchor John King, who has been on a marathon educating viewers with his magic electoral map. It’s a breath of fresh air.”. Many who sought to come to Lido Isle for a relaxed outing on the water were instead late by hours due to the closures. “Many of them own a substantial amount of stock, and they’ve seen their portfolios soar.”, “If you start throwing around the word ‘socialist’ enough, people in Newport Beach will call that a dangerous leveling,” Smoller added. “Dude!” the first yelled. Josh Cain's interest in writing and reporting the news started as a kid growing up in Orange County, California. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Hailey Branson-Potts is a Metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times who joined the newspaper in 2011. By Thursday, as the election tilted more toward Biden, Duarte was getting giddy. Duarte and his wife spent election night watching MSNBC, checking Twitter, eating pizza and drinking three bottles of wine. “The whole thing, all the conservative politics, you can’t really get away from it in Orange County,” Michelle Lee, originally from San Francisco, said. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif, (KABC) -- President Donald Trump made a short visit to Orange County Sunday to attend a private fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey's estate in Newport Beach. Donald J. Trump Videos THANK YOU Newport Beach, California! A cash-strapped President Trump stopped in California to raise money 16 days before election day, appearing at a high-dollar Newport Beach fundraiser. If you see comments that you find offensive, please use the “Flag as Inappropriate” feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. Here is how officials plan to handle the first wave of vaccinations. “Confident Joe will win!” he said in a text message. He waved an enormous Trump flag and smiled at passing motorists — including a man in a black Jeep with a flag depicting Trump as a muscly, machine-gun toting Rambo. (By late Thursday, it appeared the president would need successful lawsuits more than anything else). At OC Boat Rentals just a few hundred feet from the main rallies, workers busily signed in customers Sunday morning. About a half-hour later, all traffic on the bridge came to a sudden stop. Newport Beach — the home of John Wayne, whose yacht the Wild Goose has long been a fixture on Newport Bay, and the setting for the TV teen drama “The O.C.” — is both whiter and richer than the country as a whole. On election night 2016, Duarte wept in his living room after Trump won because “I knew it was going to be hard on people that look like me. President Trump on Sunday traveled to Newport Beach, California to attend a private fundraiser with Richard Grenell at tech mogul Palmer Luckey’s private estate. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. On Wednesday, Spence kept a casual eye on Fox News and was “just chilling” at home, trying not to stress. Most of the funding for those internships comes through membership dues, but the association also raises funds through its annual Trivia Bowl. On Tuesday, they thrilled as the president seemed headed toward a polls-busting victory. In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Orange County since the Great Depression, beating Trump by nearly 9 percentage points. By Susie Madrak. A Trump supporter wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat stands out among the crowd, documenting the visit of Trump to Newport Beach, California with his smartphone. Thousands of American-flag-waving Trump supporters descended upon Newport Beach on Sunday in anticipation of the president’s arrival for a … The first COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in California this week. Trump is set to come to Newport Beach … But in Newport Beach, Trump beat Clinton by 14 percentage points. And, unfortunately, I was right.”. Supporters of President Trump demonstrate outside Republican Party headquarters in Newport Beach on election day. Trump supporter Pam Kelly of Newport Coast, and her dog, Max, join fellow supporters cheering on passing motorists in front of the Republican Party headquarters Tuesday in Newport Beach. Undercover Video Shows 'Ballot Harvesting' Operation At Newport Beach Trump Store. “He could take the ferry across!” offered Maag’s brother, Gary, 58, of Westminster. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A store in Newport Beach dedicated to President Trump merchandise saw steady business while the president was in … Pro-Trump supporters, protesting Armenians and others line the Trump motorcade route along Via Lido in Newport Beach on Sunday, October 18, 2020 hours before President Donald Trump … “Preparing ‘You’re Fired’ memes for the big celebration!”. I love that he’s not a politician. NEWPORT BEACH, CA — President Donald Trump was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of some 200 supporters Sunday afternoon as he stepped off Air Force One at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana. His wife flipped between that and CNN. As it has numerous times over the last four years, amid protests and political rallies, Orange County’s beach culture collided with presidential politics on Sunday. “Lido Island residents: We are anticipating a dignitary visit this weekend. Spence, a surfer who works at Trader Joe’s, said he never believed pollsters who predicted a blowout win for Biden. All around them, protesters shouted and waved flags. Wearing a Hawaiian shirt and waving a huge red Trump flag outside, Erle Halliburton III — whose grandfather founded the oil and gas giant Halliburton — said he was confident that in the end a “major undercurrent of Trump support” would lead to a Trump victory. Thousands of American-flag-waving Trump supporters descended on Newport Beach on Sunday as the president arrived for a fundraiser to bolster his reelection bid on Nov. 3. Works at Trader Joe ’ s normally a laid-back scene presidential candidate for the competition local. 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