Last week’s Huntington Beach City Council meeting was packed and went on for hours, as the council majority censured a fellow council member, revamped the city’s “human dignity” statement in a politically motivated manner, heard from more than 100 public speakers, and argued about whether the mayor pro tem had denied the Holocaust.

A mule deer, most likely struck by a car, was found in a Costa Mesa backyard over the weekend by residents. State and local wildlife agencies were alerted to the deer, a male with a six-point antler set, on Saturday, Sept. 16, by residents near East 16th Street and Santa Ana Avenue after they discovered it lying injured in their backyard.

In lieu of trudging through the sand to find a spot on the beach to watch the show, head to one of these restaurants, which all come with choice vantage points for seeing the airplane extravaganza.

The judge praised the overall settlements with the pipeline operator and shipping companies that damaged the pipeline, saying it got payments to the public in the class action litigation quickly.

That crash came 15 minutes after the second: At 10:45 p.m. at Springdale and Heil, around the corner from the second crash, a black Toyota sedan hit a cyclist, then left, authorities said. That cyclist was alive when paramedics showed up, but died at the scene. The cyclist had not been publicly identified.

HUNTINGTON BEACH — The nonleague game between San Clemente, the No. 8-ranked football team in Orange County, and No.11 Edison on Friday was close for nearly three quarters. Then one big takeaway by San Clemente sparked a late scoring barrage by the Tritons, who pulled away for a 31-7 victory at Huntington Beach High.

A Great Day in the Stoke was held in Huntington Beach on Saturday, Sept. 16, drawing hundreds of people to the sand and surf.

Newport Beach must submit a fencing and bird monitoring plan within 15 days of when the agreement with the Coastal Commission is signed.

California Coastal Cleanup Day is the state’s largest annual volunteer event, with more than 1.7 million people since 1985 helping to remove more than 26 million pounds of trash from California’s beaches and inland shorelines.

Shaun Tomson, a ’70s-era surf champion and one of the sport’s most influential figures, spoke at Dwyer Middle School about the power of “I Will.”