Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee won election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors on Friday, becoming the first Democrat to hold that office in 12 years. The contest for the board’s 4th District had slim margins, and in the end, Chaffee defeated La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw by less than 1 percentage point. Chaffee trailed…

The rain disappeared and the sun shone brightly in Huntington Beach on Friday, Nov. 30. Yet at Oak View Elementary, students spent the morning gazing up at a brilliant night sky. Via the magic of an inflatable planetarium, thousands of twinkling stars came out in broad daylight. Looking somewhat like a huge octopus, the fantastical…

The shiny ceremonial shovels and pile of pre-mounded dirt were merely symbolic, but the milestones Orange County transit and local officials celebrated Friday, Nov. 30, were real. Santa Ana and Garden Grove city leaders, Orange County Transportation Authority executives and the acting administrator of the Federal Transit Administration gathered to mark the groundbreaking for the…

A three-day lifestyle and fitness festival hit the sand in Huntington Beach as the stormy weather cleared on Friday. The event, part of the new “p1440” series created by renowned beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings with her husband Casey, is the third and final festival of the year following those in San Jose…

Santa Claus is busy overseeing lots of toys and goodies being made at the North Pole. But he still is finding time to make several visits to Huntington Beach before Christmas. We sat down with the Jolly Old Elf — who also answers to the name Darrell Rivers — to chat: Q: So, you’re going…

Dick and Carol Stein loaded up a moving van and trailer in mid-October and drove away from their Laguna Beach home of 54 years, headed to a community in Northern California that Carol called “peaceful.” Three weeks later, the couple were fleeing the Camp fire, which consumed their new house in…

The Camp and Woolsey fires in California have claimed at least 50 lives. Here are some of their stories.

Since 2009, Build Futures has focused on helping homeless young adults get off the streets as soon as possible and providing support while they look for work, connect to other services, and secure the means to improve their lives. Now the Huntington Beach-based nonprofit is worried about its own future. “After the first of the…

This Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to the shoreline at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Image courtesy of Google Earth) The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Courtesy of Southern California Edison) Sound The…

The first big weather system of the season brought up to eight inches of snow this week to some San Bernardino mountains, prompting authorities to issue chain requirements Friday morning for various highways leading up to the area. Chains were required Friday on all vehicles except those that have four-wheel drive and four snow tires…