{"id":388214,"date":"2026-07-06T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388214\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:49:16","slug":"beaches-closed-supermarket-looted-violence-explodes-how-a-mob-took-over-famed-oc-july-4-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388214\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaches Closed, Supermarket Looted, Violence Explodes: How A Mob Took Over Famed OC July 4 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The sudden influx of thousands of people into a confined area within a short period of time created an immediate threat to public safety and required a coordinated regional law enforcement response,&#8221; the Newport Beach Police Department said in a statement. &#8220;Following an unlawful assembly declaration, more than 350 officers from the Newport Beach Police Department and 17 regional law enforcement agencies worked together to clear the area, disperse the crowd, restore emergency access and protect residents and visitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From midnight July 3 through 6 a.m. on July 5, Newport Beach police officers made 402 arrests. Last year, officers made a mere 60 arrests in the same bracket of time, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Roughly 200 people who remained near 28th Street after repeatedly refusing lawful dispersal orders were among those arrested, police said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our officers remained focused on one priority throughout the evening, protecting our community and restoring public safety,&#8221; Newport Beach Police Chief Dave Miner said. &#8220;The extensive planning that went into this holiday, combined with the professionalism of our officers and our mutual aid partners, allowed us to respond quickly to a dangerous situation, restore order and protect the thousands of residents and visitors who came to Newport Beach to celebrate responsibly.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The sudden influx of thousands of people into a confined area within a short period of time created&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-388214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}