Ben Carlson Statue

The location is busy, the statue only one of a bunch of items in the area

Newport Pier is the center of small tourist-oriented retail, restaurants, the Pier itself, and the Newport Beach Lifeguards headquarters. A small dory fleet compound is next to the pier. The statue ...

The centerpiece of central Newport Beach

The memorial statue's location at the entry to Newport Pier is a busy pedestrian, so it's hard to miss. It's also notable that the lifeguard headquarters building, renamed after Carlson, is right the...

Newport Beach, California

So many wonderful restaurants and clean beaches. Being a pier ‘fan’ I enjoy this lovely olde wooden pier with it fantastic view of Santa Catalina Island and behind me the snow covered San Bernardino ...

A moment for reflection.

It feels sympathetic to show reverence for a profession that means so much to California's beach life.

Family Summer Vacation

As we spent time enjoying the beach and all that Newport has to offer, this monument in memory and honor to a fallen hero in Ben Carlson, was a sobering reminder of the risk that all first responders ...