Newport is keeping its library open – by taking it over. The new city-owned library will operate in the same building as the existing Washington County library. But the city will have control of it, ...

NEWPORT BEACH – City Library Services Director Cynthia Cowell, who played a key role in the expansion of the city’s central library, has announced her retirement. Cowell, whose last day on the job ...

Reporting from Newport Beach — That annoying person talking loudly on a cellphone may one day be barred from using the Newport Beach Public Library. Librarians want new regulations that would allow ...

Has anyone else been confused with the many signs in the parking lot that services the Newport library? Today I was confused by the overabundance of signs that restrict, direct, forbid and invite (?) ...