A large crowd showed up on Saturday for the unveiling ceremony of a memorial highway sign honoring Officer Nicholas Vella of the Huntington Beach Police Department. He died in a helicopter crash […]
Honoring HBPD’s Nicholas Vella
Highway sign honors Ofc. Vella
An unveiling ceremony for a memorial highway sign honoring Officer Nicolas Vella of the Huntington Beach Police Department is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 to 11 a.m. Vella died on […]
Bus driver is a county finalist
Shannon Lauricella, a bus driver in the Garden Grove Unified School District who has been transporting students with special needs in the GGUSD for eight years has been named a finalist for […]
Copter pilot tried to keep aloft
NEWPORT BEACH (AP) – The pilot of a police helicopter desperately tried to keep flying before crashing into the ocean off Orange County last month, killing another officer, investigators said in a preliminary report […]
A grand farewell to a hero
The tragic death of Nicholas Vella, a Huntington Beach police officer killed on Feb.19 in a helicopter crash, has brought an outpouring of grief and appreciation. Vella, 44, and another HBPD officer […]
Memorial procession March 8
The Huntington Beach Police Department, along with allied public safety agencies, will be holding a procession through Huntington Beach on Tuesday morning leading up to Officer Nicholas Vella’s Memorial Service. The procession […]
Mechanical issues before crash
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) – A pilot reported mechanical issues shortly before a police helicopter crashed nose first along the Southern California coast, killing one officer, authorities said Sunday. A Huntington Beach officer who […]
HBPD copter crash kills officer
UPDATE: The second officer in the crash of the Huntington Beach police helicopter has been released from the hospital. ––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Huntington Beach police helicopter on its way to help Newport […]
