Eva Kilgore: Performance Bicycle in Fountain Valley is having a big closeout...
All 102 Performance Bicycle stores nationwide are closing after the company filed for bankruptcy. No specific date for the closure has been announced, but in the meantime, there are discounts of 50...
View ArticleTodd Spitzer sworn in as Orange County district attorney, Don Barnes as...
Outgoing Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, left, swears in Don Barnes, with his wife Marilyn, during a ceremony at the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy in Tustin on Monday, January 7, 2019....
View ArticleSection of the 405 Freeway at Magnolia Street bridge to close overnight this...
Demolition of the Magnolia Street bridge on the 405 Freeway – straddling Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach and Westminster – will continue this weekend, meaning another overnight closure. The...
View ArticleBody found on 405 freeway in Fountain Valley was possibly struck by 2 cars
California Highway Patrol officers investigate after a man was hit and killed on the 405 freeway at Brookhurst Street in Fountain Valley on Thursday, January 10, 2019. (OnScene.TV) California Highway...
View ArticleEva Kilgore: If you’re looking to be healthy, then B Nutritious
New year … new health resolutions. It’s time to get on the nutrition bandwagon. I visited B Nutritious in Fountain Valley for some healthy choices. There’s a saying on the wall there: “Nothing looks as...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Fountain Valley youth baseball clinic helps kick off celebrity...
Who’s ready for baseball? As a kid, I lived for baseball. My younger years included four years of Little League – as a starting pitcher for the Phillies and Yankees, and as an outfielder for the...
View ArticleFlower Festival, popular in Little Saigon before Lunar New Year, starts Friday
The Flower Festival opens Friday, Jan. 18, at the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster. In its 16th year, the annual festival will draw thousands of people who shop the collection of exotic flowers and...
View ArticleBravo! Successful fundraising, dramatic finishes and more
Project Independence announces 2019 schedule Costa Mesa-based Project Independence, a 40-year-old nonprofit that helps adults with developmental disabilities find jobs, develop friendships and live...
View ArticleEva Kilgore: Pop-up See’s Candies arriving in Fountain Valley just in time...
The pop-up See’s Candies in Fountain Valley served many happy customers over the holiday season. Now, it’s scheduled to reopen Jan. 24 in plenty of time for your Valentine’s Day needs. California...
View ArticleShoppers visit the Flower Festival in Little Saigon to prepare for the Lunar...
Luan Dhanh waits for customers at an orchid booth during the 16th annual Flower Festival at the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster on Saturday, January 19, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Mayor to discuss Fountain Valley priorities in State of the City...
If your schedule doesn’t allow you to attend a City Council or other official civic meeting, you have an opportunity coming up to find out just what the city’s focal points are as 2019 rolls along. The...
View ArticleFormer dance, drama instructor at several OC organizations arrested on...
Investigators have arrested a 25-year-old man who has been a dance and drama teacher at several Orange County organizations on suspicion of committing lewd acts on a boy for years, starting in 2011....
View ArticleHome sales slump: 19 trends behind 14% dip in Huntington Beach, Fountain...
Homebuying in what we’ll call the “Beach Blvd. Corridor” — in and around Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Westminster — fell 14 percent from August through November vs. the same...
View ArticleSurf City Marathon may have fewer runners than at its peak, but it continues...
Stephen Stemmer wears a onesie from Target to run in the Surf City 5k in Huntington Beach on Sunday, Feb 4, 2018.”I hate running so I thought I’d make it fun for everyone else,” he said of his costume....
View ArticleDemonstrators rally for a border wall and against sanctuary laws in...
Demonstrators prepare to begin their march after a rally against SB54 to protest the controversial state law that limits cooperation between local law authorities and federal immigration agents at the...
View ArticleFor the first time in 20 years, Huntington Beach raises metered parking fees
Visitors to Huntington Beach might want to throw a little more change into their pockets come Feb. 21. That’s when metered parking will increase from $1.50 to $2 per hour – a hike unanimously approved...
View ArticleEva Kilgore: Where will you be watching the Super Bowl?
Where are you watching Super Bowl LIII? Consider Legends Surf City. There are 26 TVs, and a huge projection screen. Plus, lots of drink specials, and you may win a raffle prize. Ask about their beer...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: ‘Sweetheart Screening’ at Orange Coast Memorial is one way to...
If you like Hallmark movies like I do, you know there will be plenty of Valentine’s Day-theme specials coming up in the next few weeks. You know the premise: Girl is sent to near-perfect quaint town to...
View ArticleAnnual butterfly day at Mile Square Park is Feb. 2
For a decade, OC Parks has been hosting Monarch Butterfly Day each winter. The annual celebration of the majestic butterflies will be held Feb. 2 in the Forest Shelter at Mile Square Park. The event is...
View ArticleFountain Valley, teeming with baby boomers, makes way for its 5th assisted...
A few decades ago, baby boomers flocked to Fountain Valley to raise their own babies. And and then stayed. Today, almost half of the city’s population is over the age of 44. Eighteen percent of its...
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