Category: Huntington Beach

Southern California Fisheries Reopen After Offshore Oil Spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reopened all bays and harbors from Seal Beach to San Onofre Beach on Tuesday, Nov. 30, after nearly two months of closures due to an offshore oil spill. “I am relieved to see that our fisheries will finally be able to reopen,” Orange County Supervisor…


Huntington Beach Insider Uncovers City’s Workforce Housing Problems

The “workforce housing” created by the City of Huntington Beach will bring decades-long financial problems and drive costs of rent even higher, according to Casey McKeon, a real estate developer and former finance commissioner of the city. Huntington Beach’s “workforce housing” is a type of government-subsidized housing initiative to artificially lower rent prices on the…


Orange County Restaurant Owner Settles With Edison Over Transformer Blast

LOS ANGELES—A Huntington Beach restaurant owner who suffered severe burns and brain damage—when an underground transformer exploded during a 2019 Oktoberfest celebration—has reached a conditional settlement with Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) and General Electric Co. Bernie Bischof, the owner of Old World German Restaurant, filed the negligence lawsuit in June 2020 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging the…


Authorities Monitoring Light Sheen Spotted Off Huntington Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—No additional sheen was observed today near site of the October oil leak that spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean off Huntington Beach, but the area will remain under observation, officials said. The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that crews observed a “light sheen” measuring about 30-by-70 feet in the…


Investigators ID Ship “Beijing” Possibly Linked to California Oil Spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A cargo ship named “Beijing” was identified Nov. 19 as a vessel involved in an “anchor-dragging incident” in January that may have contributed to the October oil leak off the coast of Huntington Beach, according to U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board investigators. Investigators boarded the vessel Thursday at the Port…


Two Huntington Beach Police Officers Exposed to Fentanyl During Traffic Stop

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Two Huntington Beach police officers were exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop Nov. 19 in the unincorporated Midway City area of Orange County, authorities said. Paramedics and a hazardous-materials team were sent to Beach Boulevard and Madison Avenue about 12:30 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The officers were examined…


Police Arrest Two Men, Confiscate $1M Worth of Drugs

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CNS) – Huntington Beach police arrested two men and seized $1 million worth of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The two men arrested aged 21 and 29 were taken into custody Nov. 9 in Bell, California, by Huntington Beach police detectives. One of the men had 20 pounds of methamphetamine when he was picked…


Olympic Medalist From Huntington Beach Started Surfing at 3 Years Old

One wouldn’t be wrong to say Kanoa Igarashi was born to surf. In fact, Igarashi’s parents Tsutomu (Tom) and Misa moved from Japan to Southern California when they learned Misa was pregnant with Kanoa, wanting to give their first-born son such a chance. Both Tom and Misa surfed in Japan, but Southern California offered more…


Huntington Beach City Manager to Serve in Irvine

After two years as Huntington Beach’s city manager, Oliver Chi is set to switch over to Irvine for the same job title. The City of Irvine announced Nov. 3 that they intend to appoint Chi as their City Manager, a position currently held by Interim City Manager Marianna Marysheva, which she has held since 2020….


Huntington Beach City Council Recall Reaches 25 Percent of Signatures Needed

A new petition that seeks to recall five Huntington Beach City Councilmembers reached approximately 25 percent of the signatures recommended to initiate a recall election, said organizers from Save Surf City, the group behind the recall. Cari Swan, one of the organizers behind the recall, said that while exact signatures are still being counted, it…