Mayor Joe Stapleton is exhibiting a NBHS framed photo of the Balboa Pavilion with the Red Car in his office. President Bernie Svalstad,...

Americans sought adventure in tiki culture after WWII. Newport Beach, with its sunny coastline and growing leisure scene, became a mecca...

Watch the interview  on Spectrum News with Bernie Svalstad. As the foot of the Newport Beach pier, the Dory Fish Market has been a...

Newport Beach Historical Society  is highlighting the history of Donn Beach, AKA Don the Beachcomber , the enigmatic father of modern...

On July 1, 2026, the Balboa Pavilion marks 120 years since its grand opening. This is a milestone that cements its status as one of the...

Written by Jennifer Keil , M.A. in History, 70 Degrees Founder Red Car at Balboa Pavilion, circa 1906. Newport Beach summer visitors...

Don Webb, Newport Beach’s “Centennial Mayor,” poses with a restored wooden city seal he helped install outside City Hall. (Courtesy of...

Download the Daily Pilot PDF article below. Around Town: Newport Beach Historical Society to host speaker Douglas Westfall Daily...

The Newport Beach Historical Society  had a dinner lecture with Bill Lobdell on March 24, 2025 at the Balboa Pavilion. The presentation...

Bernie Svalstad, center, president of the Newport Beach Historical Society, is joined by NBHS board members and other officials for a...

by Peg Haapa, 2004-06-28 1904 Survey Map of Corona del Mar (Photo Credit: Sherman Library) Courtesy of Sherman Library and Gardens. I...

While helping NBHS achieve its mission of preserving and celebrating our City’s vibrant history, the museum comes with costs (e.g.,...

Michael Stockstill, Bernie Svalstad, and Ken Carpenter NBHS members were treated to an interesting lesson on the metamorphosis of Orange...

Ribbon Cutting on June 26, 2025 with the Board of Directors and Elected Officials The NBHS Board of Directors hosted a festive...

Were you, or someone you know, born in Newport Beach in 1947 or before? If so was the doctor who delivered you Gordon Grundy? That...

NBHS Profile 2015 Gordon William Grundy As a lifelong advocate of his hometown Newport Beach, Gordon William “Bill” Grundy was a founder...

My family moved to Newport Beach when I was two years old, back in 1955. My grandfather, Donald G. Griswold, moved his manufacturing...

BOB REED Bob Reed was a strong man.  However, Bob didn’t acquire his strength rowing a dory several miles a day in the open sea as so...

Cinderella–Not! When we first moved to Corona del Mar, everything north of Fifth Avenue was open hills.  To the west, where Irvine...