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  • Giant snowflakes come aglow for the holidays at Huntington Beach Pier
    Orange County Register
    Santa takes photos with guests during the annual “Light a Light of Love” holiday celebration and fundraiser in Huntington Beach on Sunday, December 8, 2019 to benefit nonprofit Waymakers’ Huntington Beach Youth Shelter. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz ...
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  • Huntington Beach desalination plant eyes approval, but foes turn out in force
    Orange County Register
    With Poseidon Water’s plans for a Huntington Beach desalination plant approaching the homestretch, critics were as adamant as ever at a Friday workshop, where dozens complained the proposal is environmentally flawed, unneeded and would jack up water rates.
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  • Who will help Huntington Beach surfing museum survive and thrive?
    Orange County Register
    Natalie Kotsch had a vision: to make the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum a world-class destination for people looking to soak in the area’s rich surf culture. But how to create such a place has long been debated. And now the city is looking ...
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  • Man clinging to drainage pipe for hours in Huntington Beach rescued from fast-moving water
    Orange County Register
    A man who slipped in ankle-deep water in Huntington Beach held on to a drain pipe for hours until he was found by bystanders and later pulled to safety by rescue crews Wednesday, Dec. 4. The man, who was from out of town and is in his late 50s, declined a ...
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  • Firefighters Rescue Man From Flooded Area in Huntington Beach During Powerful Storm
    KTLA
    Firefighters rescued a man who got stuck in flooded waters near a drainage pipe in Huntington Beach Wednesday morning, officials said. Chip Yost reports for the KTLA 5 News at 1 on Dec. 4, 2019.
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  • Lawsuit forces Huntington Beach to reconsider new condo proposal
    Orange County Register
    The city of Huntington Beach will reconsider its earlier decision to reject a 48-unit condo project near retail and apartments, putting on hold a lawsuit accusing Surf City of restricting homebuilding at the behest of “NIMBYs,” officials said.
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  • AVP beach volleyball returns to Huntington Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach in 2020
    Orange County Register
    The eight-event season kicks off with the Huntington Beach event May 1-3, while Hermosa Beach (July 24-26) and Manhattan Beach (Aug. 14-16) received their traditional summer slots. The tour again has stops in Austin, Texas, New York City, Seattle and Chicago and will again conclude in Hawaii.
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  • Pedestrian struck by vehicle dies in Huntington Beach
    Orange County Register
    A 69-year-old man died Tuesday night, Nov. 26, after getting struck by a car in Huntington Beach, police said. Officer were called about the collision shortly before 7:30 a.m. at Goldenwest Street and Tucana Drive, Huntington Beach police Sgt. Eric Warken ...
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  • 2 women killed in Westminster crash identified as Anaheim, Huntington Beach residents
    Orange County Register
    The crash that claimed the lives of 58-year-old Eileen Sayegh of Anaheim and 56-year-old Denise Leverenz of Huntington Beach happened about 4:20 p.m. Thursday, at Beach Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue, according to Westminster police Cmdr. Alan Iwashita and the coroner’s office. Sayegh died at the scene and was the driver of one of the ...
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  • Free Walking Tour of Huntington Beach Wetlands
    OC Weekly
    As late as the 1800s, the area now known as the Huntington Beach wetlands comprised about 3,000 acres. But industrialization and land development over the last century has reduced those wetlands to less than 200 acres, according to the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy. Somehow, the endangered least tern still has a nesting site at the ...
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  • Huntington Beach residents protest against development of ‘tank farm’ oil storage site
    Orange County Register
    Protesters at Huntington Beach City Hall Monday, Nov. 18, made it clear that they would not accept development of the “Magnolia Tank Farm” without a fight. During the busy 5 p.m. rush hour, about 30 people stood along Main Street waving signs with such ...
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  • Beloved Huntington Beach surfer whose friends rallied to ‘Save Mike’s Head’ dies at 28
    Orange County Register
    “Everything in the ocean makes sense. I can look at a wave and determine what will happen,” Fisher said in a 2009 interview on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier. At the time, the 17-year-old was facing an uncertain future after his first brain tumor diagnosis. Fisher, who had the Huntington Beach surf community rally around him to ...
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  • Huntington Beach, Seal Beach surfers offer alternatives to food-package waste
    Orange County Register
    That started the ball rolling. He then recruited three fellow Surfrider Foundation activists: Huntington Beach’s Laurie Hammond, Tony Soriano and a third man who asked not to be named to avoid conflicts with the boss at his day job. The four, who all ...
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  • From La Habra to Huntington Beach, events planned Sunday, Nov. 17, for inaugural Meet on Beach
    Orange County Register
    Beach Boulevard connects so much of Orange County, from La Habra to Huntington Beach, and now city leaders want to connect with residents over their desire to further rejuvenate the historic stretch. Meet on Beach on Sunday, Nov. 17, involves the seven ...
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  • From La Habra to Huntington Beach, events planned Sunday, Nov. 7, for inaugural Meet on Beach
    Orange County Register
    Beach Boulevard connects so much of Orange County, from La Habra to Huntington Beach, and now city leaders want to connect with residents over their desire to further rejuvenate the historic stretch. Meet on Beach on Sunday, Nov. 17, involves the seven ...
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