water issues and Bolsa Chica in Huntington Beach, they said. She created the Southern California Water Committee to advocate for water rights before many realized it was an important issue; co-founded the Bolsa Chica Planning Coalition, which worked to build consensus on a new land-use plan for the 1,300-acre coastal estuary; helped fund one of ...

The only Orange County state seat now held by a Democrat that’s likely to see a competitive primary on Super Tuesday is the 74th Assembly District, which stretches along the coast from Huntington Beach to Laguna Beach and includes most of Irvine. Voter registration in the district favors the GOP by 2 percentage points, and that could make ...

Democratic Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris held a wide lead over over Republican challengers, Newport Beach Mayor Diane Dixon and Kelly Ernby, an Orange County deputy district attorney from Huntington Beach, in mail-in votes for the 74th Assembly District released by the Orange County Registrar of Voters at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Petrie-Norris ...

Harley Rouda (D) in advancing to the November race. Brian Burley, a Republican former candidate for the Huntington Beach City Council, also stands a chance. 50th District: This district is open, after former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) resigned last year following a guilty plea for misusing campaign funds. Former Rep. Darrell Issa (R), who retired ...

It’s reading, writing and tire-changing at Beckman High Huntington Beach hosts cultural exchange with surfers from France 8-year-old’s leukemia diagnosis spurs acts of kindness for kids undergoing treatment Orange Unified’s science centers will open next school year at high schools Shalimar Learning Center marks 25 years help neighborhood ...

A convicted drunk driver who killed three Las Vegas teenagers in a fiery crash along the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach was sentenced Thursday to 51 years to life in prison. Bani Marcela Duarte, 29, was driving with a blood alcohol content of more than three times the legal limit the morning of the deadly March 29, 2018, collision ...

“I like his ideals,” said Ruben Barreto Segura, a construction worker from Huntington Beach. “He’s a candidate who can topple Trump.” The registered Democrat said he likes that Sanders considers Americans of all races and ethnicities in his policy positions. Sanders organizers also engaged in some ballot harvesting, collecting mail-in ...

The only Orange County state seat now held by a Democrat that’s likely to see a competitive primary is the 74th Assembly District, which stretches along the coast from Huntington Beach to Laguna Beach and includes most of Irvine. Voter registration in the district favors the GOP by 2 percentage points, and that could make freshman Democratic ...

Although, if he were, it would be called, “Throw Momma From the Bullet Train.” Newsom’s appearances were a mixture of fawning fan girls, Trump-bashing and throwing the city of Huntington Beach under the bus. At one point on “The View,” guest co-host Tyra Banks asked Newsom a hard-hitting question about whether he would consider being ...

In Huntington Beach, Neil Campbell got a ballot that showed he’s a registered Republican. He shouldn’t be – an error occurred when he renewed his driver’s license, he said. “My first thought was, ‘Now how do I get to vote?’” Campbell said. “My second thought, or maybe third thought, was, ‘Is this really deliberate?

The only Orange County state seat now held by a Democrat that’s expected to see a competitive primary is AD-74, which stretches along the coast from Huntington Beach to Laguna Beach and includes most of Irvine. The district leans red, by 2 percentage ...

Cowards all! After their shameful and cowardly performance at the Senate impeachment trial, perhaps Republicans should change their mascot from that of the elephant to the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a North American woodpecker. Kenneth Zimmerman, Huntington Beach, Calif. Click here to submit a letter to the editor.

The Republican party opted out. The offices are in: Bakersfield, Brea, Camarillo, Fresno, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Oceanside, Palmdale, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, Stockton and Walnut Creek. “The ballot measure is a distraction aimed at delaying important advances in protecting renters and building housing to ...

Great Park audit firm gives up accounting license, charged $550,000 in penalties by state After his golf cart is stolen, a Laguna Woods man turns into a successful sleuth Huntington Beach school board votes to close a school, oust transfers, lay off 29 teachers How Kobe Bryant helped connect Asian Americans with both Asia and America Laguna ...

Thankfully, the governor announced a deal had been reached concerning the state’s lawsuit against Huntington Beach on its compliance with low-cost housing construction. But that’s not how Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta saw it that very day. Is it a hollow victory? Some other areas suggest better direction for state resources, but the ...

The last time the city of Huntington Beach tried to bring its housing plan into compliance with state law, more than 200 residents turned out to protest the action. When the Huntington Beach Planning Commission took up a new plan on Tuesday, Jan. 14, more than three-fourths of the seats in the City Council chambers were empty. Nobody spoke out ...

Huntington Beach and California reached a tentative settlement of the state’s first-ever lawsuit accusing a city of ignoring state affordable housing requirements. In a letter sent Friday, Jan. 10, the California Department of Housing and Community Development said a proposed amendment to the city’s housing plans “meets the statutory ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Huntington Beach has agreed to settle a state lawsuit that tried to force it to end years of opposition to meeting low-income housing goals. The tentative settlement revolves around a proposed amendment that would exempt housing projects from limits if they reserve at least 20% of the units for low-income families,

The Newsom administration is nearing a deal with Huntington Beach that would end a contentious lawsuit over the city’s alleged failure to plan for more affordable housing. — An anti-vaccine protester who allegedly threw a menstrual cup filled with blood onto California state senators last year has been charged with two felonies, according ...

But the only city that has challenged the law in court so far is he coastal community of Huntington Beach, with a population of 200,000. City officials said SB54 interfered with local law enforcement by limiting police authority to work cooperatively with immigration officers. An Orange County judge ruled in favor of Huntington Beach in ...