Come rain or rain, 14,000 dedicated runners slosh through the Surf City...
Eastern states suffered through negative-degree temperatures incurred by the wrath of the Polar Vortex. So those lucky enough to live in or visit Southern California right now can weather a few...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Fountain Valley High baseball supporters swing for the fences
Football was on the minds of most people this past week, but at Fountain Valley High School, the great American pastime is clearly the hot topic. A group of baseball supporters – Head Baseball Coach...
View ArticleTime flies: Brethren Christian students design a clock for Space Station...
Students with the International Space Station Program at Brethren Christian School have designed a time dilation experiment that fits in this micro-lab module. It will be launched into space and...
View ArticleEva Kilgore: Heart-shaped pizza and other romantic ways to celebrate...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are some suggestions for how to celebrate. Hank’s West Pizza Here’s something fun … why not surprise your Valentine with a pizza made in the shape of a heart? At Hank’s West...
View ArticleWho doesn’t love photos of snow-capped mountains? These 14 pictures show the...
This week’s storms not only brought rain to the region, but dropped a bunch of snow onto the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. And that made for some majestic pictures, shot from Orange County,...
View ArticleTết Festival draws crowds for Lunar New Year celebration
Brian Lee portrays a village guard at the UVSA Tet Festival which is being held at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, February 9, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing...
View ArticleMorning rain dampens the turnout — but not the joy — for Tet Parade in...
Rain put a damper on the expected crowd, and festivities got underway almost two hours late. But as a good omen for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the sun broke though mid-morning Saturday, Feb. 9,...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Fit and Fabulous Fashion show to benefit senior services in...
For the ninth straight year, the Center at Founders Village will present its Fit and Fabulous Fashion Show, a fundraiser for senior services in the city. This year’s show, with the theme “Everything’s...
View ArticleEva Kilgore: Great food, amazing service — no wonder this Fountain Valley...
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, I met my adventurous friend Lindsley at Brodard in Fountain Valley. When I arrived, the first thought was possibly texting her and suggesting a different restaurant....
View ArticleTo advocate for bees, UCI students use Valentine’s Day staples of flowers and...
Shawn Archbold handed out chocolate, flowers and coffee to strangers on Thursday, Valentine’s Day. No, he wasn’t looking for a date, although he was trying to spark a connection between the importance...
View ArticleNo judgment: Your local county library branch will take back that overdue...
Worried about what kind of fine you are facing for that library book you keep forgetting – and forgetting and forgetting – to return? OC Public Libraries is offering “Fine Free Library Days” through...
View ArticleHomebuying’s sluggish 2018: Sales down 8% 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 8 percent in a year with the steepest countywide drop in...
View Article‘Social butterfly’ Eva Kilgore, who wrote about Huntington Beach and beyond...
For decades, Eva Kilgore documented the goings-on around Huntington Beach and environs in her weekly Orange County Register column. But, ever involved in community events, she was far from just an...
View ArticleSnow in Orange County? Check out these 10 photos
People get out and enjoy the snow at the end of Silverado Canyon Road as an afternoon storm brought cold temperatures and snow to Silverado Canyon on Thursday, February 21, 2019. (Photo by Mark...
View ArticleKnown for his ‘steady hand,’ Huntington Beach City Manager Fred Wilson...
Huntington Beach City Manager Fred Wilson announced Friday, Feb. 22, that he will step down after 11 years in the position. His last day at City Hall will be May 10. Wilson, 60, joined Huntington Beach...
View ArticleStudents from across U.S. come to Pasadena for ‘Shark Tank’-like competition
More than 1,600 students from 430 schools across the country descended upon Pasadena on Tuesday to compete in a version of “Shark Tank.” Jade Mullin, 18, from South Pasadena High School, pitches his...
View ArticleFountain Valley Regional Hospital to hold job fair Thursday
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital is looking to fill a variety of jobs for registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, certified lab scientists,...
View Article25 Orange County campuses among 2019 California Distinguished Schools
Of the 162 middle school and high school campuses announced this week as California Distinguished Schools, 25 are in Orange County. The state recognition highlights public schools for “achieving...
View Article200 volunteers turn antiquated Huntington Beach playground into thing of...
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Over here, workers poured concrete, and over there, shoveled mulch. While one group bolted together a slide, another mounted the frame of a swing set. Several people sat painting...
View ArticleU.S. citizen from Orange remains jailed in Vietnam, disappointed that Trump...
Sitting in a jail cell in Vietnam, Michael Nguyen probably will hear from his kids on Monday, when their letters are read to him aloud. “My letter will say that I miss him,” says Evelynn, who, at 8...
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