Tag: Southern California OC News

Huntington Beach Prepares to Fight State Housing Mandates

January 27, 2023
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The Huntington Beach City Council considered plans in their Jan. 17 meeting to fight the state’s housing mandate, in an effort, some councilors said, to ease the public’s concern of high-density development. The state is requiring 13,368 units to be built in the city by 2029, of which 60 percent would need to be low-income…

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Huntington Beach to Reopen Main Street for First Time Since 2020

January 27, 2023
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Now that the pandemic is over, the Huntington Beach City Council Jan. 24 voted 4–3, with council members Dan Kalmick, Natalie Moser, and Rhonda Bolton opposing, to reopen a portion of its Main Street, which was closed in 2020 to allow businesses to expand outdoors. The issue was brought forward by Mayor Pro-Tem Gracey Van Der…

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McDaniel Wins Rare 4th Term as RNC Chair

January 27, 2023
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Ronna McDaniel defeated rival Harmeet Dhillon to secure a fourth two-year term as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman after a three-day meeting at a luxury resort in Dana Point, California, on Jan. 27 when RNC committee members cast their votes. McDaniel won 111 of the 167 votes cast out of a possible 168 RNC committee…

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Irvine Won’t Investigate Consultant Melahat Rafiei’s Attempted Bribery of Councilors

January 26, 2023
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The Irvine City Council Jan. 24 failed to pass a motion to launch an independent investigation after political consultant Melahat Rafiei last week—in a plea agreement relating to an FBI corruption probe—admitted engaging in a bribery scheme in Irvine in 2018. Rafiei, 45, also agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of attempted wire…

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Irvine Won’t Investigate Attempted Bribery of Councilors by Consultant Melahat Rafiei

January 26, 2023
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The Irvine City Council Jan. 24 failed to pass a motion to launch an independent investigation after political consultant Melahat Rafiei last week admitted engaging in a bribery scheme in the city in 2018. In an FBI corruption probe, Rafiei, 45, also agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of attempted wire fraud against one of…

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California to Release More Water to Communities in Wake of Storms

January 26, 2023
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The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced Jan. 26 it expects to deliver 30 percent of requested water to its public water agencies in 2023—1.27 million acre-feet—up from the initial 5 percent announced in December. This comes after weeks of heavy rainstorms and public outcry demanding the state release more water from its reservoirs….

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Long Lines at In-N-Out’s New Spot in Huntington Beach

January 26, 2023
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Burger fans are lining up Jan. 26 at the grand opening of the second In-N-Out restaurant in California’s Surf City. “There’s no such thing as too many In-N-Outs, the lines are always insane,” Huntington Beach resident and University of California–Irvine student Allison Hyunh told The Epoch Times while waiting to order at the newly opened…

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3 Killed, 8 Others Injured, in Suspected DUI Crash in Placentia

January 26, 2023
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PLACENTIA, Calif.—A 24-year-old Santa Ana man was in police custody Jan. 26 on suspicion of driving under the influence and causing a two-vehicle crash that killed two adults and a 10-year-old girl in Placentia. Placentia Police Department officers responded at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 25 to the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and South Melrose Street where…

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Santa Ana Votes to Dissolve Its Downtown Business Improvement District

January 25, 2023
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The Santa Ana City Council unanimously voted last week to dissolve its Downtown Business Improvement District, to which local merchants have been required to pay annual fees—on top of business taxes—after an outcry from some of the area’s merchants. The area’s improvement district, known as a BID, was started in 1984 to fund promotions and…

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Orange County Supervisors Favor Charging Fentanyl Dealers With Murder

January 25, 2023
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors Jan. 24 unanimously approved writing a letter of support for a state bill that, if passed, would allow prosecutors to charge fentanyl dealers with murder if someone dies as a result of them ingesting a drug they sold. Senate Bill 44, introduced last month by Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa…

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