Newport Beach urges people to avoid flooded Balboa Peninsula
CBS LA's coastal coverage also follows Long Beach residents and city crews working to protect homes from surging surf.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 245,909 views a day, 110 times a normal first day on this channel (2,231).
Newport Beach experiences ocean tidal flooding at the Balboa Peninsula
Michele Gile's report from Newport Beach reached roughly 130,000 views in its first nine hours, an unusually fast start for CBS LA. The subject was an immediate local concern: coastal flooding had prompted a city advisory urging people to avoid the Balboa Peninsula.
Posted as “Newport Beach experiences ocean tidal flooding at the Balboa Peninsula,” Gile's report drew the most views of three coastal flooding videos that each ran well ahead of the channel's usual pace. The coverage extended beyond Newport Beach, with Rick Montanez reporting from Long Beach and talking to community members as residents and city crews worked to protect homes and streets from surging surf.
The station's follow-up reports show why the story did not end with the advisory. In Long Beach, Brittney Ermon reported near a boardwalk damaged by powerful waves. Another report, from Jasmine Viel, described homes being red-tagged after damaging surf associated with Tropical Storm Rachel, while residents worked to shore up their properties.
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- Channel
- CBS LA
- Subscribers
- 1,160,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,806,672
- Channel views, pace per day
- 360,619 (on a normal day: 532,431)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 129,778 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 245,909
The numbers
The Newport Beach report stands out against CBS LA's usual first-day audience. Its view count so far and projected first-day total are shown separately below.
