[2][3] He then reported for and edited papers in San Jose, California,[3] and dipped his toe into politics and law enforcement there.

[4] At Frank Coppa's restaurant, known among Bohemians in San Francisco, he heard about an art colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

[2] For many years, he led the efforts of the residents there to maintain the integrity and rustic atmosphere of Carmel's art colony by preventing infrastructure improvements, such as paved roads, sidewalks and streetlights.

The play was David, a biblical drama by Constance Lindsay Skinner under the direction of Garnet Holme of University of California, Berkeley.

[8] The show was reviewed in both Los Angeles and San Francisco papers, and it was reported that over 1,000 theatergoers attended the production.

[8] In July 1912, Newberry produced the play Alice in Wonderland at the Forest Theater, a dramatization of Lewis Carroll's book.

[10] In 1917, Newberry enlisted as a soldier during World War I and served as a YMCA secretary with the 77th division, American Expeditionary Forces.

[21][22] A couple of years after Bertha died, Newberry remarried Ida L. Brooks, a Berkeley public health nurse, in September 1936.