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Missing Person Last Seen on 04/30/2026 at East Coast Highway and Marguerite Ave wearing Black shirt with colorful birds on it, black baseball hat, and black pants.
Name: Gary Cole
Age: 67
Eye Color: Blind
Hair Color: Brown
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Additional Information: Male is blind, does not have a seeing cane. Male is diagnosed with Alzheimers.
If you have any information that can help the investigation, please contact Newport Beach Police at the emergency line or 949-644-3717
The Hoag OC Marathon will take place in the cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Santa Ana, with road closures on Sunday, May 3. Road closures and traffic delays may begin as early as midnight (12:00 a.m.) and continue until approximately noon (12:00 p.m.). Roads will close and reopen on a rolling basis, so impacts will vary depending on your location and the progress of runners along the course.
For alternate directions, please email traffic@ocmarathon.com. Include starting address, ending address and time of departure and they will provide directions.
For additional traffic-related questions, contact the OC Marathon team at traffic@ocmarathon.com or 949-393-9580.
Accessibility Assistance: If you need this information in an alternative format (such as a text-only version of road closures or assistance with screen reader access), please contact the OC Marathon team using the email or phone number above.
The Newport Beach Police Department has received reports of a scammer contacting community members via phone and pretending to be from Newport Beach Animal Control. The caller claims that the recipient’s pet has been hit by a car and demands money for treatment of the animal. Community members who contacted us directly were able to confirm that these calls did not originate from our department. Please note that the Newport Beach Police Department (including Animal Control) will not contact you to request money and does not accept any kind of payment for legitimate services over the phone. If someone’s animal were hurt and taken to a veterinarian, Animal Control Officers would direct the pet owner to respond to or call the veterinary hospital.
When you get a call from an unknown number, ask yourself... is the caller who you think it is? Scammers are good at pretending to be someone they're not. They can be convincing: sometimes manipulating Caller ID, using information from social media, or hacking into email accounts, to make it seem more real. They’ll pressure you or play on your emotions to get personal information or money from you.
Here's what you can do when you get a call from someone you don’t know:
Stop. Check it out. For calls from alleged government agencies or utility companies: Do not give out any personal or financial information until you have verified the identity of the caller. Ask the caller for their name, department, business phone number and what they are requesting. Confirm that information by calling the organization directly at a phone number found on the internet or through official correspondence/billing statements. If the caller refuses to provide this information, terminate the call immediately.
Keep your information safe. Never give out personal identifying information, such as your social security number, bank account or credit card account numbers, to anyone you do not know.
Pass this information on to a friend. You may not have received one of these calls, but chances are that you know someone who will - if they haven't already.
From NBPD: Police activity is occurring in the area of the 500 block on Acacia Avenue. Officers are on-scene and the situation is still developing, a shelter in place has been put into effect until further notice.
If you are in the area, please stay indoors; otherwise, please avoid the area.
A secondary notice will be sent out when the shelter in place has been lifted.
From Newport Beach PD: Southbound Dover at 16th St and the northbound left-turn lane at Dover and 16th St are currently closed due to a traffic collision.
The closure is expected to remain in place for an extended period. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes and avoid the area if possible.
