E-bike ban greets Newport Beach’s K-8 students returning to school. OC has seen a spike in crashes

Students are back at Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach Tuesday morning, e-bikes are not.

The Newport-Mesa Unified School District banned electric bikes from school property for kindergarten through eighth grade, citing a spike in e-bike incidents.

Annette Franco, communications officer with Newport-Mesa, said parents wanted to see more e-bike enforcement. Other California districts have issued similar bans…

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