Huntington Beach water rates to increase for 5 years, despite protests from residents

Most single-family households in Huntington Beach will pay $53.03 a month — 70 cents more than now — in the first year of five annual water rate increases.

Small-plane pilots try to protect their place at John Wayne Airport

The SoCal Pilots Assn. suggests leaving space allocations the same for light and heavy general aviation but trading “tie-downs" for hangars for smaller planes.

Huntington Beach taps former Newport Beach city manager Dave Kiff as its temporary leader

Dave Kiff will serve as Huntington Beach's temporary city manager as the city conducts a nationwide effort to appoint a long-term leader by fall.

Supreme Court clears the way for lawsuit over Newport Beach police shooting

A jury can now decide whether the police are liable for fatally shooting a mentally ill young man who came running at them with a pair of scissors.

Assembly committee meeting at UCI discusses ‘the changing face of the student debt crisis’

Surging student loan debt brought the California Assembly Select Committee on Student Debt to UC Irvine for a discussion of the debt issue.