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THURSDAY Panel Discussion and Signing The Dark Days Tour featuring Kiersten White with "Supernaturally," Claudia Gray with "Fateful," Amy Garvey with "Cold Kiss" and Anna Carey with "Eve" focuses on paranormal romance, supernatural thrillers and...Tags: Entertainment, Anglicanism, Dance, Teaching and Learning, Arts
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Fountain Valley ends year with budget surplus
Unlike many neighboring cities that have been scraping the bottom of the barrel to get by financially, Fountain Valley ended last year with a surplus and is on track to finish this year in the black as well. The city ended last year with a $1.3-...Tags: Job Layoffs, Company Privatization, Career and Workplace
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Fire chief had highest paycheck in 2009
Thanks to the payouts for sick pay and vacation time he received upon retirement, Huntington Beach's former fire chief earned the highest paycheck among municipal fire chiefs statewide in 2009 — the most recent year for which there is data —...Tags: Vehicles, Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Public Employees, Interior Policy
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Middle school teacher accused of sexual relations with boy retires
Gay Davidson-Shepard, the former Mesa View Middle School teacher charged with having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy, has retired from the Ocean View School District. Davidson-Shepard's retirement was effective May 28, according to district...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Ocean View, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning
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H.B. to study sharing services with Costa Mesa, Newport [Corrected]
The Huntington Beach City Council voted Monday to commission a study to share services with Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, with some members saying the need for money overcame their reservations about Costa Mesa's politics. -------------------- FOR THE...Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Politics
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Council extends police contract
Despite pleas from Huntington Beach Councilman Don Hansen to turn down an offer from the police union to extend its contract with some employee concessions, the City Council approved it Monday. "I think it's a shortsighted and misguided decision, and I...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Public Employees, Interior Policy, Elections
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LAPD veteran cites experience
Working for the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim Katapodis has made his share of decisions — some of them life and death — but also got to see decisions being made. As a former sergeant in arms for the Los Angeles City Council, Katapodis...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Clubs and Associations, Los Angeles Police Department, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles
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Changes made to retirement benefits
Fountain Valley approved changes to future employees' retirement benefits that will help relieve some of the burden pensions are putting on the city. The City Council unanimously approved a change Tuesday to newly hired employee benefits that increases...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Government, Public Employees, Career and Workplace
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Election forums draw in residents
Interested residents gathered for two election forums Monday and Tuesday to learn about the City Council candidates and Measure O.
About 50 residents, including many City Council candidates, listened to the arguments for and against Measure O on Tuesday...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Elections, Interior Policy, Loans
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City reverses stance on car-crash fees
The Huntington Beach City Council this week voted to revoke the portion of a recent ordinance that sticks out-of-town drivers with the bill for emergency services if they cause a car accident in Surf City. The council voted 4 to 1, with Councilman...Tags: Vehicles, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation, Elections, Transportation Accidents
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Librarians' farewell stories
Walking up the Huntington Beach Central Library's spacious circular driveway and into the high-ceiled foyer, patrons can turn right or left. Right will take readers to the biographies, Charles Dickens tomes and latest John Grisham thrillers, but...Tags: Entertainment, Satellite and Cable Service, Children, Charles Dickens, Dance
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City Lights: Native returns to culinary dreams
One of the most most oft-quoted statements in American literature is F. Scott Fitzgerald's comment "There are no second acts in American lives." With a little pluck and perseverance, it's also one of the easiest statements to disprove. For this week's...Tags: Washington, DC, Gay Pride Los Angeles, New York, Charity, Career and Workplace
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