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Students create a fourth mural at Westminster High, the only California...
Westminster High is transforming into an art gallery, one mural at a time. Over the past week, as more than 100 students took paint brushes to a wall along an outdoor corridor, the school’s fourth...
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Hundreds line up for the ‘world’s biggest strawberry shortcake,’ a Garden...
Honorary Director Mike Fenderson checks the schedule before the strawberry cake giveaway at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Memorial Day tribute draws standing-room-only crowd to Fountain...
Fountain Valley’s newly named Veterans Park attracted a big crowd for its first official event Monday. More than 400 people gathered at the park for the annual Memorial Day ceremony presented each year...
View ArticleSections of 405 Freeway in Westminster to close overnight both this weekend...
As a massive widening project continues, portions of the 405 Freeway that run through Westminster are scheduled to fully close overnight Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1, near Westminster...
View ArticleHundreds to attempt world record for largest group dressed as produce in...
They will need 889 to break the Guinness World Record for “largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.” So expect to see hundreds of people bopping around in banana and carrot costumes at the...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Learn a lot and have fun at the 14th annual Senior Expo
The 14th annual Senior Expo is just around the corner. I always look forward to this event because, after all, I am an official senior citizen. There are lots of booths at the expo – which is set for...
View ArticleBrig. Gen. Laura Yeager, a Fountain Valley native, will become 1st female to...
LOS ALAMITOS — Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager, a Fountain Valley native who early in her career served as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aeromedical evacuation pilot, will become the first woman in history to...
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Guinness World Record attempt in Huntington Beach falls a bushel short
It was a healthy day at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, June 9, as hundreds of bananas, carrots, strawberries and other produce mixed in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “largest...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Summerfest Community Stage to showcase local talent June 20 to 23
Fountain Valley Summerfest is expected to once again attract thousands of people to the Fountain Valley Sports Park, June 20 to 23, with continuous main stage entertainment, carnival rides, a craft...
View ArticleAmerican citizen from Orange County detained in Vietnam gets trial date
A Vietnamese American man from Orange County who has been detained in Vietnam for almost a year is expected to face trial this month. Michael Nguyen, of Orange, will be tried in Ho Chi Minh City on...
View Article91-year-old found dead after Fountain Valley fire
An elderly man was found dead after a fire at a house in Fountain Valley on Tuesday, June 11. Firefighters were dispatched at about 7 p.m. after a woman at a home burning on the 18000 block of Plumosa...
View ArticleHuntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Westminster home sales drop...
Homebuying in what we’ll call the “Beach Blvd. Corridor” — in and around Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Westminster — fell 16% in what was Orange County slowest nine months of...
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Graduation 2019: Fountain Valley High in commencement photos
Huntington Beach Union High School District’s Fountain Valley High celebrated its Class of 2019 at a commencement ceremony on Wednesday, June 12, at LeBard Stadium in Costa Mesa. A graduate shows off...
View ArticleU.S. Army poster helped push Fountain Valley woman to be 1st female to lead...
Laura Yeager was a student at UC Irvine, running out of money, when she saw a U.S. Army poster on a bulletin board in a hallway advertising $100 monthly stipends and a possibility for scholarships. The...
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Graduation 2019: 2 years after near-death heart attack, teen tolerates cap...
Tim Deits, left, with Shawna Parkinson, a paramedic with the Huntington Beach Fire Department who responded when Deits went into cardiac arrest in 2016. Parkinson was on hand for Tim’s graduation from...
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Graduation 2019: Los Amigos High, in Fountain Valley, commencement photos
Graduates walk out of the stadium as Los Amigos High School held their graduation ceremony at Michael A. Monsoor Memorial Stadium in Garden Grove in Garden Grove on Friday, June 14, 2019. (Sam Gangwer,...
View ArticleCurt Seeden: Summer Suds Brewfest is highlight of this week’s Summerfest
For the second straight year, Summerfest will feature a festival within the festival. And once again, it involves beer. The Fountain Valley Summer Suds Brewfest is set for 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 22...
View ArticleGuess who’s running for Assembly in Orange County? Almost everybody
Challengers, some familiar and some new, already are lining up to compete in 2020 for Orange County’s state Assembly seats, with Republicans hoping to maintain a rare political edge and Democrats...
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Struggling with depression, Westminster artist finds joy in giving away his...
On a June-gloomy morning this week, Gary and Joan Bloomfield took a walk on the Huntington Beach Pier to celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary. Propped against a wall outside Ruby’s Diner peered the...
View ArticleLGBTQ pride flags fuel discussion, debate among Orange County city officials
In November, Ahmad Zarah — a gay, Muslim, immigrant from Syria — was elected to Fullerton’s city council. In May, Zarah, 50, brought before the council a proposal to fly the rainbow flag, or “pride...
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