A Huntington Beach police helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at John Wayne Airport late Saturday night, officials said Sunday. There were no injuries or property damage when the helicopter landed in an infield after experiencing “mechanical difficulties,” said Officer Angela Bennett, a Hungtington Beach police spokeswoman. Deanne Thompson, a spokeswoman for John…
An entangled juvenile gray whale was spotted off Laguna Beach on Sunday, with whale watching captains keeping a careful eye on the mammal with hopes that a rescue team can help. The 25-30 foot whale, heading northbound, was swimming in about 50 feet of water about ¼ mile from shore off of the Montage hotel…
A 26-year-old pickup truck driver was held today on $2-million bond in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Lime scooter rider in Hollywood. Jared Walter Anderson was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Jail Division in the 3:50 a.m. crash at Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard, according…
LAGUNA BEACH — The young bobcat looked around from inside his kennel and squinted as the sun lit up his amber-yellow eyes. Then, with a sudden leap, he was out. Within seconds, his shiny gray-brown fur blended into the nearby coastal sage scrub as he ran for cover. After one final look at the group…
Southern California Vintage BaseBall League game between the Crestline Highlanders and the Riverside Smudge Pots as they wear uniforms and use replica gear from 1886 at the Riverside School of the Deaf on Saturday, April 13, 2019 in Riverside, California. Darren “Sugar” McCanne, left, goes over the rules with both teams during a Southern California…
An examination of Southern California race tracks going back to the beginning of the 20th century reveals a legacy of international innovation. Top speeds of cars in the 1880s were about 10 mph, but by 1910, they were over 80 mph. The Los Angeles Motordrome in Playa del Rey was an elevated, wooden-board track that…
A former youth basketball coach was arrested this week on suspicion of unlawful sex with minors a decade ago, authorities said Friday, April 12. Carlos Juarez, 44, of Costa Mesa. (Photo Courtesy of Irvine Police Department) Carlos Juarez, 44, of Costa Mesa, was arrested Thursday outside his home in the 1300 block of Adams Avenue,…
It’s a family-style gathering that celebrates all aspects of the beach. Ohana Day brought beach-lovers to Seal Beach on Saturday, April 13, an early Earth Day event hosted by the Huntington Beach and Seal Beach Surfrider chapters. Plastic straws that filled up a wheelbarrow were among the 441 pounds of trash collected during Ohana Day…
Boasting a voluminous, salt-and-pepper beard with a matching full head of hair, father Mike Jones thought of his daughter as shears cut through his hair. His daughter Abigail shaved his head every year at the St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving fundraiser in Seal Beach, since she was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. But two years later,…
At the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Huntington Beach, every day is Earth Day – and sand, ocean and animal day, too. A stuffed Coyote seems to watch as Marti deMetropolis, left, with the California Fish and Wildlife Natural Resource Volunteer Program shows Linda Fillet, a naturalist with the Amigos de Bolsa Chica a card with…
