Tough new rules to keep the first 2024 presidential debate from turning into a shouting match were revealed on Saturday. The 90-minute program on CNN on June 27 will have no opening […]
New presidential debate rules
Permit for alcohol tasting goes to planning commission
It’s been a while since the Stanton Planning Commission has been convened, but it will be back in business on Wednesday. Topping the agenda will be a public hearing on a request […]
Alec Jones’ assets to be liquidated, orders judge
The personal assets of Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist notorious for claiming that the mass killings at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012 were faked, have been ordered liquidated by […]
Private management of city library system before council
A controversial plan to have a private company assume control of the city’s library services may advance before the Huntington Beach City Council when it meets on Tuesday. The council will consider […]
Giovanna Martinez charismatic as a Gem luminary in “Evita”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” … isn’t that how the saying goes? The Gem Theater and One More Productions troupe in Garden Grove takes […]
High court backs abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided to keep the abortion pill Mifepristone available nationwide Thursday. That ruling was based on the conclusion that the state attorney generals who wanted to block the […]
Council backs censure of West
In a moment of high drama on Wednesday night, the Westminster City Council supported the censure of Councilmember Amy Phan West for a number of alleged violations of the council’s code of […]
Former Huntington Beach mayor wins a lawsuit over air show
Former Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr got a favorable ruling Tuesday from a Superior Court judge on a lawsuit over the cancellation of the last day of the 2021 Pacific Air Show. […]
Anti-shoplifting law on the ballot
California voters will get a chance to change a controversial earlier ballot measure which critics called an incentive to crime. On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State’s office announced that the Homelessness, […]
Democrats plan to battle “Project 2025” proposals
Democrats in the House of Representatives are gearing up to take on a far-right plan of governance that could emerge if former president Donald Trump wins the White House this fall. The […]
