Huntington Beach News

What qualifies as a frivolous lawsuit is a debate that has bounced back and forth between consumer rights advocates and tort reform activists for years, with no resolution.

As we have all learned as a community over the past couple of weeks, a great deal of Walnut Creek's police resources on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are spent controlling alcohol-induced crime and violence in our downtown.

The weather was cool and cloudy with a sprinkling of rain, but that certainly did not dampen the spirits of several hundred runners from competing in the Anytime Fitness 5K Fun Run Saturday morning at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center and Mile Square Sports Park.

Bob Chatt poses in front of a wall display of military shoulder patches and insignia in his Huntington Beach business, Vintage Productions.

SANTA ANA Before sentencing a 13-time DUI offender to six years in state prison Friday for violating probation, Judge Thomas H. Goethels gave the defendant a stern lecture.

At 16 years old and hailing from Brazil, Filipe is developing and maturing as a surfer at a great time.

The bid to bring a large-scale desalination plant to Southern California cleared a major hurdle Friday when water regulators approved a permit for a facility in Huntington Beach that would turn ocean water into drinking water.

The Weekend in Rock is upon us and here's some shows on my radar, news, and live performance video of ATTIKA 7, fronted by former bassist and singer Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard.

Two men were booked into the Huntington Beach jail Thursday on suspicion of robbing Hashigo Sushi on Main Street a week ago.

“Matthew Harper, a top aide to Supervisor Janet Nguyen, was quietly transferred this month from Nguyen’s office to OC Waste & Recycling as a public affairs manager. The move raised a few eyebrows in the supervisors’ fifth-floor offices in the county Hall of Administration,” according to the New Santa Ana blog.

Harper was a close friend of Supervisor Nguyen for many years, so why hasn’t she endorsed him, in his race for the 72nd Assembly District? Harper has picked up the endorsement of two other Supervisors, Vice Chair Shawn Nelson and Supervisor Pat Bates. But why hasn’t Nguyen elected to support her friend and former employee? As far as we know she also hasn’t contributed to his campaign coffers.

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The members of metalcore outfit Avenged Sevenfold were still attending high school in Huntington Beach, CA, when they formed their band in 1999.

The loss of redevelopment funding - leading to a reduction in the city's General Fund of $800,000 to $1.3 million, prompted the decision to reconsider the services-sharing idea.

The U.S. Postal Service is considering whether to sell the Beach Center Station, a fixture in downtown Huntington Beach since 1935.

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Rodney Alcala, 68, who is on death row for the murder of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four others, will be extradited to New York to face charges of two other murders, a Marin County judge ruled Tuesday.

There has been a few bike jackings and beatings along the Santa Ana River Trail in the past few days.

Congrats to Ailene and her coworkers at Enhanced Vision in Huntington Beach for being today's Office of the Day winners! Antonio had a special singing partner join him for a few tunes to entertain the whole office as they enjoyed fresh coffee and bagels from Western Bagel! Make sure you sign your office up to be the K-EARTH 101 Morning Show's ... (more)

The Costa Mesa City Council officially opposed the plan for the 19th Street Bridge that would connect to Huntington Beach.

Westminster Council Member Tyler Diep shocked his fellow Republicans today when he withdrew from the race for the new 72nd Assembly District, according to the OC Political blog.

An article in a Vietnamese newspaper, which you can read in English here, explained his reason for dropping out – even though he had raised the most money in the race.

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Cole Taylor Business Capital announced the funding of a $10 million senior secured facility to AMG Huntington Beach, a supplier of precision machined components and subassemblies to the aerospace industry based in Huntington Beach, CA.