Category: Huntington Beach

California to Repay Huntington Beach $5.2 Million for Redevelopment Loan

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The City of Huntington Beach will be repaid $5.2 million after a California Superior Court judge ruled against the state’s Department of Finance on a redevelopment agency loan. The city sued the State for just over $75 million in 2018 regarding a number of loans attained through the state’s development agency, which provided…


California to Repay Huntington Beach in ‘Massive Win’: City Attorney

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The City of Huntington Beach will be repaid $5.2 million after a California Superior Court judge ruled against the state’s Department of Finance on a redevelopment agency loan. The city sued the State for just over $75 million in 2018 regarding a number of loans attained through the state’s development agency, which provided…


DNA Confirms Coyote That Attacked 2-Year-Old Is Dead

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—DNA from a coyote that bit a girl on Southern California’s Huntington Beach last week matched samples from one of two coyotes shot and killed following the attack, authorities said Monday. The 2-year-old child was hospitalized with bites to her head and face that were not considered life-threatening after she was attacked near…


Coyote Attacks Girl in Huntington Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A girl was being treated on April 29 for serious but non-life-threatening injuries she suffered in an attack by a coyote near the Huntington Beach Pier. Officers were called at 9:45 p.m. on April 28 to the beach north of the pier regarding reports of a coyote attack, said Jennifer Carey, the Huntington…


Huntington Beach Elected City Attorney Be Appointed: Committee

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Huntington Beach committee that was formed to review the city’s charter, or constitution, recommend that the city council change multiple elected positions in city government to appointed. In its April 26 meeting, the city’s Charter Revision Committee voted 5–2 in separate votes to recommend Huntington Beach’s city attorney, city clerk, and city…


Coastal Commission Staff Recommends Rejecting Huntington Desalination Project

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Supporters of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach Monday warned that a Coastal Commission rejection of the decades-long planned project would sound a “death knell” for any other plant of its kind. Coastal Commission staff rejected the plant for approval when it is scheduled for consideration for final approval next month. The proposal…


Volunteers Wanted for Huntington Beach Day of Service

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council is calling for volunteers to serve the community by participating in various public service projects April 23. “This is a very great day for the community to come together and for the community to realize that being united and working together we can get a lot done,”…


‘Orbeez Challenge’ Could Lead to Arrest: Huntington Beach Police

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The Huntington Beach Police Department is warning against participating in a viral national challenge where juveniles are shooting others with water pellets, leading to injuries. Called the “Orbeez Challenge” and now sweeping across the country, the trend started on social media platform TikTok, where kids and young adults are doing drive-by-style shootings using…


Huntington Beach Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Arrested

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Huntington Beach local was found and captured Friday, April 15 after being suspected of hitting an elderly man with his car April 14. Blake Patraw, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of fleeing the deadly collision just before 5 p.m on Thursday, at Yorktown Avenue just east of Newland Street, where witnesses said they…


Huntington Beach Passes New Law to Curb Rampant Catalytic Converter Thefts

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—To deter rampant thefts of vehicle parts, Huntington Beach made it illegal to possess an undocumented catalytic converter that is disconnected from a vehicle. “I think it’s great that we’re able to kind of fill in this gap so that we can empower our officers to be able to stop this crime or…