Orange voters favor tax Measures I and J, but not charter proposal Measure K

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Orange voters showed support in this November election for two ballot measures that would extend a financial lifeline to the city, but a majority were not interested in a charter proposal.

Beset by city budget woes, Orange councilmembers offered constituents Measure I, a one-cent local sales tax with a 13-year lifespan and an […]

Laguna Beach council incumbents poised to return to dais, voters approve term limits

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Three incumbents appear poised to retake their seats on the Laguna Beach City Council dais after six challengers failed to unseat them. Ballots counted so far also resoundingly supported Measure E, which limits council members to two terms on the dais.

Alex Rounaghi, Sue Kempf and Mark Orgill topped the nine-candidate field from […]

Election results: Agran leads for Irvine mayor, Liu, Martinez Franco and Treseder for council

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Larry Agran, Betty Martinez Franco and Kathleen Treseder lead in their races for second terms as Irvine‘s mayor and District 5 and 6 councilmembers. But the bid for the city’s northernmost District 1 has shaped up to be a close one, with incumbent Melinda Liu pushing ahead with 142 votes as of Friday’s […]

Huntington Beach Beach officials discuss preparations, resources ahead of El Niño storms

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Huntington Beach officials shared flood preparedness tips, emergency response plans and a new resource portal ahead of the upcoming El Niño season.

During a packed community meeting Thursday night, attended by dozens of Sunset Beach and Huntington Harbor residents who saw their streets and many homes flooded recently, representatives from the city’s Fire […]

Ross Newhan, Hall of Fame baseball writer and Long Beach native, dies at 89

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Ross Newhan would tell you it all started in Long Beach with a passionate teacher in a classroom at Wilson High School.

What got started in that classroom was a very long and nationally respected Hall of Fame baseball writing career that ended with Newhan’s passing Oct. 25 at 89.

A Celebration of […]

Metrolink saved by state: Deep fall train cuts averted by $20 million grant

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A last-minute funding grant from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) will avert proposed train service cuts to Metrolink of up to 40% set for later this month, the state agency announced late Thursday.

As a result, Metrolink will keep Southern California’s regional rail network running without service cuts that were scheduled to […]

Remembering the cold days surfing before wetsuits

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With the turning of the season from summer into fall comes the yearly drop in temperatures. Both in the air and in the seawater.

Here in beautiful Orange County, we are lucky that our temp changes are not all that dramatic. Honestly, our temps don’t change all that much in comparison with most […]

University’s Lindy Gan wins CIF-SS girls golf individual title

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University junior Lindy Gan shot a 7-under-par 65 to capture the CIF-SS individual girls golf title by four strokes at Skylinks Golf Course in Long Beach on Thursday.

She outdistanced Santa Margarita junior and Vanderbilt commit Annika Raja by four […]

Police officer killed, 3 others wounded in Denver-area bus shootout

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A 33-year-old Lakewood Police Department officer was killed Thursday in a shootout on a bus that wounded three additional officers and a bystander and left the suspect — a parolee with a history of violence against law enforcement — dead.

Lakewood Police Agent Nic Graham, a seven-year member of the department, was killed […]

Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again

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By BRITTANY PETERSON and MEAD GRUVER

EDITH, Colo. (AP) — Matthew Martinez has lived nearly all of his 60 years in a canyon on the Navajo River and had never seen severe floods.

Then, twice over the last two weeks, the river surged through his home and outbuildings in far southwestern Colorado, about […]