Fisher and the Aztecs were in on him early when bigger programs were dubious about what position best suited him. Huntington Beach unites to remember wife, mother and coach Christina Mauser Ducks continue to learn painful lessons in their ongoing search for consistency Whicker: Midcourt carries Kobe’s colors into the Santa Anita’s winner ...

Several hundred people gathered at Huntington Beach Pier Plaza on Saturday evening for a candlelight vigil in honor of Christina Mauser, a Huntington Beach resident, youth basketball coach and former educator who was one of nine people who died in a helicopter crash Jan. 26 in Calabasas. “I think the crowd here tonight is a testament to how ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Community members and loved ones gathered in Huntington Beach Saturday to honor the memory of Christina Mauser, one of the 9 people killed in a helicopter crash that also claimed the life of Kobe Bryant. At the candlelight vigil, a woman with bagpipes who was not scheduled to play led the procession of ...

Hundreds of people in Huntington Beach gathered Saturday to hold a candlelight vigil for 38-year-old Christina Mauser, the assistant basketball coach for Mamba Academy who was killed last Sunday in the helicopter crash that also killed Kobe Bryant. It wasn't easy for anyone who knew Mauser to be present Saturday tonight. "Why someone so amazing?"

On the day, CdM also beat San Bernardino San Gorgonio (60-16), Orange Vista (39-30) and Baldwin Park Sierra Vista (57-21). Huntington Beach, the Wave League champion, lost to Montebello in the second round by a score of 48-30. Santa Margarita 7, Newport Harbor 6: Taylor Smith scored four goals for the Sailors in the fifth-place match of the ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — A sea of nearly 1,000 people gathered shoulder to shoulder Saturday night in the amphitheater just north of the Huntington Beach Pier to hold a candle for Christina Mauser.

On Facebook, Matt defines himself as a “Singer/Song Writer/Entertainer/Dad.” Kevin Tripp of NBC News Radio wrote on Twitter, “One of the passengers on #KobeBryant helicopter was Christina Michelle Mauser of Huntington Beach. Her husband tells me that the 38-year-old mother loved helping coach basketball with Kobe’s team for girls.

But when the news broke Sunday that Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash along with his daughter “Gigi” and seven other people from Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, Witnes — a 44-year-old father of two girls — knew he had to change his plans. A local mariachi band gathered at the foot of the mural Thursday night, serenading the ...

Hundreds of people crowded on the Huntington Beach Pier Saturday in honor of a local woman who lost her life along with Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and six other people in a helicopter crash in the hills above Calabasas last weekend. Christina Mauser, 38, worked as an assistant coach at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks ...

Naess looks back on it as a great way to have begun his high school basketball career. Week in review: Naess averaged 21.5 points per game in leading Laguna Beach to wins over Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach last week. Laguna Beach has clinched the outright Wave League championship.

The weekend of festivities surrounding the Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach focused on families Saturday with the running of the Cowabunga Beach Mile. Participants in the timed run on the sand received a cape, finisher’s medal, race bib, timing chip and complimentary beer after the race (for those old enough to drink, of course).

In a day – and with an assist from painters and local kids he knew – a Huntington Beach artist took everything that inspired him about Kobe Bryant and shared it with others through a mural on the side wall of a Costa Mesa market. “I – just like Kobe and his Mamba mentality – was driven and had a game plan,” said the Huntington Beach ...

The Los Angeles Times described how Kobe had revealed that he was engaged to a high school student, and “television news crews descended upon Marina High School in Huntington Beach” where Vanessa was a senior. At first, they did not find complete acceptance in his family. A heartbroken Vanessa took to Instagram to share her feelings after K ...

Willie Rounaghi added 10 points for Laguna Beach (19-7, 5-0). Roddie Anderson scored 13 points for Fountain Valley (14-8, 3-2), which also clinched second place in league after Huntington Beach beat Marina on Friday. Huntington Beach 59, Marina 48: The Oilers picked up their first Wave League victory Friday night at Marina High. Huntington ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Garden Grove’s strategy of drawing fouls and going inside as often as possible to Miguel Ortega worked to near perfection in the Argonauts’ 66-45 victory over Ocean View in a key Golden West League boys basketball game Friday at Ocean View High School. Ortega, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound forward, led the Argonauts (18-8 ...

But when the news broke Sunday that Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash along with his daughter “Gigi” and seven other people from Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, Witnes — a 44-year-old father of two girls — knew he had to change his plans. “When this happened, it hit home,” Witnes said. He began drawing a design on Monday ...

The Los Angeles Times described how Kobe had revealed that he was engaged to a high school student, and “television news crews descended upon Marina High School in Huntington Beach” where Vanessa was a senior. A heartbroken Vanessa took to Instagram to share her feelings after Kobe and Gianna died. The post demonstrated her extreme grief.

“We worked for five straight months, seven days a week to combat that,” Lopez said. By comparison, Lopez noted, county supervisors needed only a few days to change their minds when facing protesters from Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel over a 2018 proposal to open emergency homeless shelters on county-owned land in those communities.

Mater Dei also has received Lions’ offensive guard Ross Maseuli, who wasn’t cleared last season by the CIF-SS. The rest of the JSerra departures have spread out to Huntington Beach, St. Bernard in Playa del Rey and Servite. Earlier Friday, Huntington Beach coach Brett Brown confirmed that JSerra’s Sammy Green, Zamajay Duncan and Treyce ...

Mater Dei also has received Lions’ offensive guard Ross Maseuli, who wasn’t cleared last season by the CIF-SS. The rest of the JSerra departures have spread out to Huntington Beach, St. Bernard in Playa del Rey and Servite. Earlier Friday, Huntington Beach coach Brett Brown confirmed that JSerra’s Sammy Green, Zamajay Duncan and Treyce ...