Though the 2022 midterms are more than a year away the political battleground of Orange County is tight enough, and the stakes high enough, that candidates running for local House seats have already raised $19 million,

In recent years, Huntington Beach has become the staging ground for what seems an endless parade of rowdy rallies, with every national controversy playing out at the pier and beyond. But this

Mark Simon pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building.

In a deeply divided nation, Sunday sermons are turning increasingly partisan, giving way to a new brand of right-wing religious activism.

California had a huge and growing housing problem before COVID-19 reared its ugly head 18 months ago, falling well short each year of state construction goals.

Huntington Beach voters likely have the wisdom to distinguish a legitimate recall effort from a waste of time.

Gavin Newsom might be asking himself these days, as Oliver Hardy first did in a 1930 film, how he got into this fine mess. And Newsom truly is in trouble: One sometimes-accurate public poll in early August found voters favoring the firing of the governor by 11 percent,

Though it was never her primary goal, civil rights activist Rhonda Bolton made history on July 26, when she took her seat as the newest member of the Huntington Beach City Council. Bolton, who

Not every person who joined in left-wing attacks in Portland committed crimes, either, but I don’t suppose Trump supporters would cut those folks slack. The Trumpsters’ silliest argument is that Antifa,

Biden thanked the officers in a Rose Garden ceremony “for protecting our Capitol, and maybe more importantly, for protecting our Constitution, and saving the lives of duly elected members of

A vocal group of conservative Huntington Beach residents have decided to take steps to try to shift the balance of power on the City Council. The residents have formed a group called Save Surf

With coronavirus case rates again on the rise and the delta variant circulating, the Los Angeles City Council is set to consider whether the city should start requiring residents to show proof of

Experts say extremists are increasingly directing hostility at local civic meetings. But there are ways to dial back the tensions.

Huntington Beach has found its seventh City Council member. On Monday night, the council voted 4 to 2 to appoint lawyer Rhonda Bolton to the seat vacated when Tito Ortiz resigned on June 1.

With not enough votes to nominate a candidate to fill the council seat left vacant by the resignation of Tito Ortiz, nor the needed votes to call a special election, the Huntington Beach City

The council adjourned Monday evening without reaching a decision. If they don’t name a replacement by July 31, the city charter requires a special election sometime in November.

Ever-colorful Tito Ortiz may be gone from the Huntington Beach City Council, but he was not forgotten on Sunday – at least not by a small group of his fans. The mixed martial arts celebrity who

The owner of what some would say is one of the last hardcore surf shops in California has passed away. Rick “Rockin’ Fig” Fignetti, the beloved surf shop owner of Rockin’ Fig Surf Headquarters on

Foley and the other OC Democrats have advertised how their party membership gives them added clout in Sacramento. Now they need to use it.

Want to replace Tito Ortiz? Huntington Beach leaders listen to some pitches Orange County venue cancels Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s planned America First rally Locals tell Redistricting Commission: Help O.C.’s ethnic and beach communities ...