Got sand? Dredging project in Newport Beach will add beach to shoreline

Newport Beach is getting a hot commodity for its shore: sand.
While some beach towns, especially in south Orange County, grapple with how to keep sand on their sections of coast, Newport Beach will be getting heaps to add between the West Newport rock jetties and on both sides of the Balboa Pier.
An estimated 30,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged starting Sept. 28 from the nearby Santa Ana River, where the sand that has accumulated near the channel outlet needs to be removed for flood contr