Westminster (Orange, California)

Two teachers from Huntington Beach pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple felony counts stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a minor. A pretrial hearing for Daniel Shepard and Gay Davidson-Shepard is set for July 7 at the West Justice...

A group of Muslims is looking to build a mosque on a piece of land owned by Huntington Beach that sits outside the city's jurisdictions. But building the mosque there might be difficult. The City Council reviewed bids, including one that Westminster...

We do not need more bars in downtown Huntington Beach ("ABC officials approve license," June 9). Our crime and DUI rates are off the charts. The taxpayers have to pay for the law enforcement costs. So, why did these folks protest the license? It's not...

Stray pets from Newport Beach will soon be found in Huntington Beach, now that the Newport Beach City Council approved a contract for a new animal shelter Tuesday. The Orange County Humane Society, a privately run facility on Newland Street, was approved...

Marina Coach Shelly Luth called it an ugly win. At this stage in the 2011 Sunset League softball race, a win is sweet any way you get it. Marina picked up a key league victory Tuesday by holding off late-charging Fountain Valley to score a 5-4...

Newport Beach Animal Control has contracted with the Orange County Humane Society shelter on Newland Street in Huntington Beach ("Newport OKs contract to use shelter," April 28). With an already overcrowded shelter with Costa Mesa's and Westminster's...

Two teenagers whose bodies were found Jan. 21 in a Huntington Beach apartment died of accidental overdoses, the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner has declared. Aaron Saenz, 15, of Westminster, and Chelsea Taylor, 16, of Huntington Beach both had methadone,...

The arraignment for a Mesa View Middle School teacher and her husband facing charges of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy has been postponed to June 2. Attorney John Drummond Barnett, who represents Gay Davidson-Shepard, asked for the...

A Huntington Beach man was charged Jan. 20 with killing a 4-month-old girl in an alleged car crash that ejected the infant from the stroller her mother was pushing through a crosswalk. Robert Anthony Casares, 50, is charged with one misdemeanor count...

Ocean View seniors Michael Congelliere and Brian Hernandez have been named the Defensive Player of the Year and Kicker of the Year, respectively, on the 2010 All-Golden West League football team. Congelliere, a center who also played linebacker, and...

Most athletes start their workouts with a warm-up and stretching, but 17-year-old Hassan Ilyas and his track-and-field cohorts have to prep not only themselves, but the track. Before they run, they grab shovels to remove rocks, bring in a rake to smooth...

An arson investigator with the Hermosa Beach Fire Department was charged for pointing his gun at a woman in a Sunset Beach bar last month. Darryl Lee Powers, 49, was charged Aug. 19 with misdemeanor brandishing a firearm in a public place while out...