By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune No city – or at least no city council – in Orange County has embraced skepticism about the voting process as much as in Huntington Beach. […]
Page defends election integrity
4 held in beauty store robbery
The organized snatch-and-dash retail robberies that were so prevalent a year or so ago are no longer the low-risk high-reward operation they once seemed to be. Case in point: a heist at […]
Gates leaves DC, back to HB
Michael Gates, the one-time city attorney for Huntington Beach who came to prominence for his legal battles on behalf of Surf City with the State of California, is back home. Gates left […]
A Santa Ana man was arrested for the murder of HB man
A 28-year-old Santa Ana man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a man in Huntington Beach on Sunday. According to the HBPD, the incident took place in the area of […]
Structure failure in copter crash
A structural failure has been determined to the cause of a helicopter crash in Huntington Beach on Oct. 11 that injured five people. The Federal Aviation Agency and the National Transportation Board […]
More bike safety help coming
By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune Plans are underway to improve safety for bicyclists in Huntington Beach, including along Pacific Coast Highway. Among those projects noted at Tuesday’s meeting of the city […]
E-bikes on the agenda Tuesday
There may be bigger issues than reckless riders on electronic bikes, but not if one is coming at you on a sidewalk at 30 miles an hour. The Huntington Beach City Council […]
Senior housing tax exemption wins city council approval
Orange County Tribune A divided Huntington Beach City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon in favor of approving the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to help finance the Pelican Harbor Apartments, which house […]
Airplane lands on the sand
An emergency landing was made by a small private airplane on the sands of Huntington Beach this week. According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, the plane – whose pilot said he […]
Another try at senior housing
After a lengthy, unresolved discussion – perhaps even an argument – on Tuesday night between the developers of the 43-unit Pelican Harbor Apartments for seniors and the Huntington Beach City Council, the […]
