Huntington Beach

The Huntington Beach Police Department helicopter crashed in the waters of Newport Beach Harbor on Feb.19, claiming the life of Officer Nicholas Vella, a 14-year veteran of the department.

Seniors in Huntington Beach are fighting rent hikes, saying corporate investors buying mobile home parks are raising rents to unsustainable levels.

Thousands of friends, relatives and co-workers packed into Honda Center Tuesday to say farewell to Huntington Beach Police Department Officer Nicholas Vella, who died in a helicopter crash last month.

Brothers Joshua and Jeremy Page, both students at Edison High School, died from their injuries following a crash involving a truck owned by the city of Huntington Beach Monday morning.

A memorial service for Huntington Beach Police Officer Nicholas Vella, who died in a Newport Beach helicopter crash earlier this month, will be held March 8.

Nicholas Vella, a 14-year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department, was killed when a police helicopter crashed into the water in Newport Beach. A second officer was critically injured.

Christopher Ken Ireland killed two women with a meat cleaver after a New Year’s Eve party in 2017 while his wife and son waited in a car outside. He was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Jack Rico, of Huntington Beach, earned his college degree at 15 years old. Administrators believe he’s the youngest person to earn a diploma from the university.

DCOR LLC, an oil and gas producer based in Oxnard, has been identified as the source of an oil sheen spotted off Bolsa Chica State Beach that appeared to be heading north toward the Long Beach area.

The city of Anaheim has reached a tentative agreement with striking sanitation workers. Huntington Beach has not yet reached an agreement, but officials are hopeful a deal can be reached this week.

Officials began receiving several reports of oil sheens spotted in the water as well as reports of oil smell. The area is near the site of the Oct. 1 oil spill that dumped about 25,000 gallons of crude oil in the ocean.

The DOJ claims the companies' negligence caused about 25,000 gallons of crude oil to spill into the ocean.

More than 400 sanitation workers employed by Republic Services facilities in Anaheim and Huntington Beach went on strike threatening trash services in several Orange County cities.

Seafood was tested for chemicals from oil from Oct. 14 to Nov. 3 with authorities on Monday alerting the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that the seafood was OK to resume eating.