The teams that typically go out in groups of four to five have been cut to one or two. Recent beach crowds also posed a hazard to rescuers and lifeguards in Dana Point and Huntington Beach had to intervene when crowds got too close to struggling marine mammals. The center has asked many of its volunteers to stay home, and that means animal care ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Professor and Harvard graduate William Jeynes is organizing a National Day of Repentance for Easter, Sunday, April 12th. He is contacting governors to announce the proclamation for their states, and religious leaders to make the proclamation for their houses of worship and denominations. He is hopeful that President ...

As a woman in Westminster with a pop-up pantry in front of her home put it, “It feels so good to help people,”

A week ago, Swartz got the idea to stack cardboard shelves of food and paper goods in the common area of her Huntington Beach apartment complex. A handwritten sign reads: “Take if you’re needy, but don’t be greedy.” “We have a lot of seniors here who can’t get to the store right now,” Swartz said. Like dozens of other kind souls ...

May listings are being canceled or put on hold, and many escrows have been canceled, she said. Sherri and Dan Loomer, who operate Your Animals Best Friend, a pet care, boarding and dog walking service in Huntington Beach, said they are doing only about 5% of the business they used to because pet owners are staying home with their animals.

As the businesses continue to operate, a number of stores have reported COVID-19 cases among employees, including a Vallarta Supermarkets location in Canoga Park and a Whole Foods store in Huntington Beach. Stores have been ramping up safety measures such as installing sneeze guards at cash registers and placing markers to encourage shoppers to ...

Irvine, with 280,202 residents, counts 38 cases of cornavirus. Newport Beach, population 87,180, has 37 cases. Huntington Beach, 203,761, tallies 33 people affected by the virus. On the other end of the spectrum, the smaller cities of Stanton and Seal Beach each have one recorded case. Of the 431 total, 50 cases were from an unknown location ...

Whole Foods confirmed Wednesday, March 25, that an unidentified employee at its market in the Bella Terra mall in Huntington Beach had tested positive and was quarantined. The company said it was identifying co-workers who’d come in contact with the infected employee, had made extra efforts to disinfect the store and was keeping its doors ...

Oceanside is rarity in allowing beach use, but officials there warn it depends on social distancing rules being followed

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) — According to Johns Hopkins, coronavirus cases in the U.S. have topped 124,000 with over 1,000 people recovered, including Orange County’s Yvette Paz, an Army veteran who documented her battle with the virus through a series of Facebook videos. The 30-year-old is a survivor who wants everyone to take the pandemic ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) — A Silver Alert has been issued for an elderly woman who went missing Saturday morning. 75-year-old Leslie Whitlinger was last seen around 8 a.m. in Bellflower. Whitlinger is 5’5″ 118 pounds. She’s believed to have been driving a white 2006 Miata, California license 5USG373. Courtesy: California Highway Patrol ...

BMX freestyle riders and skateboarders were set to make their Olympic debuts at Tokyo 2020. Now, with the Games delayed until 2021, they're trying to figure out what happens with their training, sponsorships and travel plans.

Dr. Dallas Weaver, 79, and his wife, Janet Weaver, 75, of Huntington Beach wear reusable protective masks and gloves as they return from walking along the Huntington Beach Pier on March 18. Officials have since closed the pier. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Orange County is continuing to see a dramatic uptick in coronavirus cases ...

Orange County on Saturday said total coronavirus cases jumped to 403, including four deaths. The rise came as the county is doing more testing. As of Saturday, the county had performed more than 4,800 tests.

With honed tenacity and perseverance, many artists continue to do what they do best: make art. “It truly is some sort of blessing in disguise,” said Nico Sauceda, 28, a painter in Huntington Beach. “I’m able to not think about the worries of work and get to focus and hone all my skills.” State and local directives calling for ...

Kanoa Igarashi is big on goal-setting, and even bigger on goal-achieving. The Huntington Beach surfer last year set goals of finishing in the top five on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour, and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Though he fell just short in the final CT rankings — he finished No. 6 in the world ...

State officials approved Huntington Beach’s new housing plan, setting the stage to dismiss California’s first lawsuit against a city for failing to plan enough low-income housing. The Housing and Community Development Department’s decision comes seven weeks after the Huntington Beach City Council narrowly approved revisions to its housing ...

In the wake of a Huntington Beach grocery worker testing positive for the coronavirus, local officials continue to defer to minimal state and federal guidelines for responding to such cases rather than pursue more exacting measures adopted by some counties. Meanwhile, it remains unknown how many grocery store workers in the state are infected ...

The cities with the most confirmed cases are Irvine with 33, Newport Beach with 32, Anaheim with 28 and Huntington Beach with 26. Another 27 cases are in unincorporated areas and cities with populations of under 25,000, and the county is still determining where 34 patients live. The cities with the most confirmed cases relative to their ...

Opponents pointed out that there is no legal guarantee of how the money would be spent; they also worried it could push tourists to Orange County cities, such as Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, that have lower hotel taxes. Mayor Robert Garcia was a champion of both measures. “Now that the results are final and certified, I want to thank ...