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Huntington Beach High product Jared Grindlinger was drafted with the 12th overall pick by the Angels, one of five former Oilers selected over the weekend.
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A study session scheduled on Tuesday will take a look at the police response to unruly Fourth of July crowds in Newport Beach and what the city can do ahead of Labor Day weekend.
Greer Wylder will share her notes from her book, “Born in OC: Artists, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries,” at the Norma Hertzog Community Center Sunday. The event is hosted by the Costa Mesa Historical Society.
Huntington Beach Police are warning online organizers and promoters attempting to stage another takeover during an Aug. 1 “Beach Bash” that they will be prosecuted for any criminality.
Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley’s Kingston Branch, both big and small, recently broke ground on a 6,000-square-foot expansion.
In the works since 2019, a new $23.4-million auditorium at Central Library was celebrated in a ribbon-cutting cermony Thursday, with more activities planned for this weekend.
Fountain Valley Police Department currently has 15 vacancies, so officials hope that by making a pilot incentive program permanent, more candidates will consider joining the local force.
Witches and wizards of all ages are invited to celebrate their Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw pride in a special event Wednesday, ahead of the show’s run at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Costa Mesa is again offering its popular summer evening concerts at Fairview Park on July 14, 21 and 28, but some want the city to find another venue before summer 2027.
Nearly 23 years after Ferdinand Eugenio Zamudio-Saucedo died of a gunshot wound on Oct. 11, 2003, police have arrested the man they have suspected in his killing since the early days of the investigation.
In need of revenue after facing a $15-million budget gap, Huntington Beach city leaders approved the ad program as a one-year pilot. The move comes a year after the city began allowing ads on lifeguard towers.
Verizon on Thursday will release a limited allotment of general admission tickets exclusively for Verizon customers interested in attending the sold-out Aug. 29 festival founded by Olivia Rodrigo.
Ernesto Jose Frias Ybarra was charged with seven counts of grand theft embezzlement and seven counts of money laundering in May 2025, all felonies. He is also connected to a similar case involving a land trust in Joshua Tree.
