Category: Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach Resident Found Dead in Death Valley After Running out of Gas

An Orange County resident was found dead in Death Valley National Park June 14 after running out of gas and walking in the scorching heat, authorities said. Park visitors driving along State Route 190 stumbled upon the body of David Kelleher, 67, of Huntington Beach around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Kelleher’s body was found just…


Huntington Beach Names New Park ’17th Street’ in Honor of City’s History

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Huntington Beach councilors unanimously approved “17th Street Park” as the new name for a park to be reconstructed at the former site of Michel E. Rodger’s Senior Center during the June 7 city council meeting. The naming of the park—at the crossing of 17th Street and Orange Avenue—has been an ongoing discussion since…


World Surfing Games Set to Return to Huntington Beach in September

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The World Surfing Games will return to Huntington Beach for the first time since 2006, the International Surfing Association (ISA) has announced. “Huntington Beach becomes the first step in our exciting paddle towards the 2024 Olympic Games,” the association’s President Fernando Aguerre said in a statement. “Excellent waves and the strong Southern California surf…


2022 Primary: Huntington Beach Poised to Approve Cannabis Sales Tax

Although the sale of marijuana is still illegal in Huntington Beach, the city is poised to adopt a ballot measure that would set cannabis tax rates on sales in the city, as early primary election results show. Ballot Measure A—which needed a two-thirds majority vote to pass—would not legalize cannabis sales but would place a…


Huntington Beach City Council to Vote on Changing Elected Seats to Appointed

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—After a heated outcry from the public, the city council withdrew a motion June 7 to appoint an ad hoc committee that would deliberate behind closed doors and write ballot measures on controversial changes to the city’s charter or constitution—including changing the elected city attorney, clerk, and treasurer to appointed positions. The city council…


Huntington Beach City Council to Vote on Charter Changes

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—After a heated outcry from the public, the city council withdrew a motion June 7 to appoint an ad hoc committee that would deliberate behind closed doors and create ballot measures on changes to the city’s charter or constitution. Instead, the city council will directly vote in two weeks on which charter amendments will…


Students ‘Share Joy’ on Kids Ocean Day in Huntington Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—As an Anaheim Unified School District bus pulled into the parking area of Huntington State Beach, the sound of energetic children filled the air as they prepared to embark on their last adventures of the school year—the Kids Ocean Day. Hosted by Orange County Coastkeeper, a nonprofit advocating for water resource preservation, “Kids Ocean…


California State Senate’s New 36th District: Who’s Running?

Two candidates are set to face off in the primary and general election for California’s newly redistricted 36th Senate District. The redistricting, which was completed in 2021, shifted the district north and out of San Diego County. Now, it stretches from Bellflower in Los Angeles County down to San Clemente, Orange County’s southernmost city. This…


Coastal Commission Rejects Huntington Beach Desalination Project

COSTA MESA, Calif.—The California Coastal Commission on May 12 unanimously rejected the Poseidon desalination project in Huntington Beach, which was proposed in 1998 but now appears to be dead. During the May 12 coastal commission meeting at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa, Coastal Commission staff recommended commissioners reject the plant, primarily citing potential negative…


Orange County Marathon Returns After 2-Year Hiatus

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—The Orange County Marathon returned over the weekend for the first time since 2020 due to the pandemic. Volunteers, politicians, first responders, and some 8,000 runners gathered May 1 at 5:15 a.m. at the race’s starting point at Newport Beach’s Fashion Island showing a range of emotions: from excited and energetic to those…