The fate of a cherished summertime tradition; roasting hot dogs, making s'mores and laying out on a blanket, listening to someone playing a guitar while gathered around a fire ring at California’s Big Corona in Newport Beach rests in the hands of the California Coastal Commission…

The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday will decide the fate of Newport Beach's fire rings, which have drawn generations of log-toting beachgoers and, more recently, complaints from some homeowners fed up with the smoke.

The commission, meeting in San Diego, is expected to rule on Newport Beach's request for a permit to remove all its fire rings — 33 near the Balboa Pier and 27 on a patch of Corona del Mar State Beach managed by the city and better known as Big Corona.

While those who want to get rid of the fire rings have framed their effort as a public health issue, others see different motives.

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