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Photo Gallery: Duck-a-Thon at H.B. Pier

Photo Gallery: Duck-a-Thon at H.B. Pier

Huntington Beach's annual Duck-a-Thon turned 20 last weekend, and the party favors were lavish, to say the least. The charity event raised an estimated $140,000 for AltaMed's Huntington Beach Community Clinic, which serves the underinsured and uninsured. Participants bought more than 3,000 rubber...

 

Grand marshal named for Fourth of July Parade

Father Christian Mondor has been named community grand marshal for this year's Huntington Beach Fourth of July Parade, which means he won't be riding on his usual float with other religious leaders.

 

H.B. man found guilty in beating death of veteran

A Huntington Beach man was found guilty Monday of beating and causing the death of a World War II veteran during a robbery on Veterans Day in 2003.

Los Alamitos mayor leads in support for Assembly election

Five candidates are vying for the newly redrawn 72nd Assembly District.

 

Brashears' body returns home

The parents of Austin Brashears, the Huntington Beach resident who died this month in a New Zealand road accident, have returned home with his remains, a friend of the family said.

 

PTO president accused of embezzlement

A Huntington Beach woman is scheduled to be arraigned June 29 for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from school fundraisers while serving as a parent-teacher organization president.

Education

The Ocean View School District may eliminate as many as 38 teachers for the coming school year as it continues to struggle with budget...

When Austin Brashears was ready to take off for New Zealand, his mother's boss lent him a small item for his travels: a backpack. The...

Overcrowding — of more than one kind — was the theme at the Ocean View School District's board meeting Tuesday, as dozens of...

Two teachers from Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley school districts are among the five Orange County Teachers of the Year.

Marina High School has announced a series of fundraisers in the coming weeks for the family of Austin Brashears, the class of 2009...

When the referee called time Friday afternoon outside the new Stuffed restaurant, Shelley Morris had probably never looked less dignified in...

The Orange County district attorney's office has declared that four members of the Fountain Valley Police Department are not criminally...

It's a towering anomaly on a block of saplings and slender pines, a cluster of branches that extend toward the sky and a bulging sidewalk...

The state Department of Finance is refusing to pay back millions of dollars Huntington Beach once loaned to its now-disbanded...

The Huntington Beach City Council voted Monday to amend the city's zoning code, paving the way for a state-of-the-art Vans skate park.

Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) told a conservative group Monday that he believes his Republican opponent in the June 5 primary...

The Huntington Beach City Council voted Monday to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats unless they're obtained from shelters, a humane society...

Public Safety

Viewpoint Lane: A request to keep the peace was reported in the 16700 block at 8:36 p.m. Saturday. The caller reported their phone was...

Recent inspections of 20 massage parlors in Huntington Beach uncovered 71 municipal code and building safety violations, and at least...

Farinella Drive: A loud party was reported in the 6400 block at 3:18 a.m. Saturday. The caller reported 10 people in a circle in the...

One person was killed in what appeared to be a head-on collision involving at least three vehicles Wednesday morning at Bolsa Chica Street...

Two men were killed and several people including an infant were injured in two separate Huntington Beach car crashes that happened within 24...

When a dolphin swam into Bolsa Chica sometime before noon Friday, the wetlands got a surprise visitor.

Business

The Huntington Beach Union High School District board on Thursday appointed a former teacher, principal and superintendent to replace...

Huntington Beach Councilman Joe Carchio spent a week walking around with a plastic bag where he kept all the trash he produced, from...

State Sen. Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) selected Duke's Huntington Beach as the 35th Senate District's "Green Business of the Year," he...

It's almost time for Surf City residents to shop at their own Costco.

Costco opened its first store in Huntington Beach at Bella Terra at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

For some, living near the beach in Orange County is a priceless luxury.

Austin Perry Brashears

Austin Perry Brashears

Brashears, Austin Perry, was killed in a van accident on May 12th 2012 near Taupo, New Zealand while studying abroad with Boston...

James Charles Hardick Jr.

James Charles Hardick Jr.

James Charles Hardick Jr.

Darrach G. (Rick) Taylor

Rick Taylor, Long Beach Executive,

Jack Butefish

Jack Butefish

Jack Butefish

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