Newport Pier

We fished, got limits of yellowtail every morning with 60 people, come back to the pier, offload those people, put on some more people.

We did have it down to a little bit of 30-ish, 40 or whatever it was, and headed for the Albuquerque grounds, where at times, the only boat out there would be the Westerner out of Newport Landing, not out of Newport Landing, it was out of Newport Pier, Jimmy Schaefer, and we'd be the backside of San Clemente Island in the afternoon sometimes.

That's 50 miles, so we'd run all the time.

Anyway, this day, We were just, you can still see the end of the Sanctuary Pier as clear as clear as clear.

which is unheard of now, nobody's ever heard of it.

We fished, got limits of yellowtail every morning with 60 people, come back to the pier, offload those people, put on some more people.

We did have it down to a little bit of 30 or 40 or whatever it was and head for the albacore grounds where at times were the only boat out there to be the westerner out of Newport Landing, not a Newport Landing, it was out of Newport Pier, Jimmy Schaefer would be the backside of San Clemente Island in the afternoon sometimes.

That's 50 miles, so we'd run all the time.

However, areas like this have already taken a beating.

The Newport Pier, where we are standing tonight, is closed for now.

You cannot walk to the end of it.

Rain has been light and sporadic all day.

People in Newport Beach describe the force of nature as both fascinating and frightening.

Tropical storm Rachel is taking its toll on the Southern California coast.

City officials have declared a local emergency and closed the Newport Pier, Balboa Pier, and a rock jetty known as the Wedge for public safety and to protect sand berms.

Yeah, but they've opened that.

You can see that the pier remains closed, and it's not the only area along the peninsula.

For safety reasons, the city has also temporarily closed the Newport Pier as well as the Wedge.

Reporting live in Newport Beach, Bianca Bono, ABC7 Eyewitness News.

Okay, Bianca, thank you, and we'll continue tracking the high surf and coastal flooding all throughout the day.

where you can see powerful surf and rain.

The Newport Pier, Balboa Pier and the Wedge all remain closed after ocean water flooded parts of the Balboa Peninsula earlier today.

Officials say the biggest concern tonight is tomorrow morning when large swells, strong winds and high tides could combine to create very dangerous conditions.

The city is also reminding people to stay off the protective sand berms built to help keep floodwaters back.

You can see those crews, again, starting to really make some progress down here.

But look behind them at the parking lot right at the Newport Pier there.

The parking lot remains extremely flooded, and you're seeing a lot of ponding along the beach side here.

While most of Balboa Boulevard is now bone dry, the preparations for this weekend are just getting underway.

I want to show you what we're seeing right now.

We are at 21st Street and Balboa Boulevard right by the Newport Beach Pier.

If you are familiar with this area and this area is actually opened up.

to traffic but you do see newport beach police kind of regulating that traffic trying to direct drivers in the other direction because of course if you look further down the peninsula that's where you see a lot of that water collecting on the roads we just spoke with the city's utilities director minutes ago He said it's his understanding that there's probably 15 to 20 blocks worth of flooding on the street.

The McFadden's developed increasingly sophisticated shipping facilities.

By the late 19th century, McFadden Wharf extended into the Pacific near the location of today's Newport Pier.

A railroad connection helped move agricultural products from inland Orange County to the coast where they could be loaded onto ships.

For a time, Newport had ambitions far beyond becoming a beach resort.