State’s green-energy momentum grows, but even more urgency may be needed

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Activists, regulators and utilities all emphasize the urgency in meeting the state’s ambitious clean energy goals, while last August’s rolling blackouts and the state’s decision to extend the life of outdated Southern California gas-fired power generators help underscore the call to step up the pace.
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Orange County: 31% million-dollar ZIPs, 6% ‘bargain’ neighborhoods

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Those seven-figure communities — 31% of all Orange County ZIPs — had 1,503 purchases in the month, equaling 38% of all homes sold countywide.
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3 environmental groups take 3 positions on Poseidon desalination plant

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Among attributes of the controversial Poseidon desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach is the $1.5 million or so it would spend annually to keep the tidal inlet open at the Bolsa Chica ...
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Regulators wrestle with terms for Huntington Beach desalination plant

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Ensuring that a desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach adequately compensates for killing millions of small marine organisms poses the latest hurdle for Poseidon Water’s controversial project.
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Orange County housing adds 9 million-dollar ZIPs, loses 11 “affordable” zones

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Yorba Linda 92886: $1.09 million (new) — up 36% in a year. Huntington Beach 92648: $1.08 million — up 1% in a year. Irvine 92620: $1.03 million (new) — up 7% in a year. Seal Beach 90740: $1 million — off 8% in a year. Here’s Orange County’s ...
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State approves plan to keep the lights on during summer heatwaves

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the state already extended the scheduled 2020 closure dates to 2023 for gas-fired plants in Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Oxnard. “Unless the PUC changes course and overcomes its reliance on ...
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Status Update: Boot Barn opens prototype store in Orange

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Q: A mailed advertisement mentions the company opened its first store in Orange in the 1970s, but news archives cite an original store in Huntington Beach in 1978. Which is accurate? And what was the opening year? A: The first store was opened in ...
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Orange County housing gets 5 more million-dollar ZIPs

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My trusty spreadsheet filled with DQNews/CoreLogic homebuying stats for January found 19 of the county’s 83 ZIP codes with median selling prices above $1 million vs. 14 a year earlier.
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New OC power purchasing agency loses some cities, gains others as members

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Irvine, which spearheaded creation of the authority, and Fullerton have been joined by Huntington Beach and Buena Park in the endeavor. But Costa Mesa and Lake Forest have dropped out, and Santa ...
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Magnolia Tank Farm project is the right reuse for Huntington Beach

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Like communities across the nation, Huntington Beach has suffered through the pandemic, impacting not only residents’ health, but wreaking havoc on the local economy and municipal finances.
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