Hector Tobar: Rebels with a cause: education

ByHector Tobar

I met with seven unlikely California rebels this week on the campus of Cal State Fullerton.

Community group closes escrow on Sunset fire station

The Sunset Beach Community Assn. now officially owns the fire station that once housed the community's volunteer fire crew, President Mike...

By Michael Miller, michael.miller@latimes.com

The Orange County district attorney has issued an arrest warrant for a Long Beach Fire Department captain and Huntington Beach resident...

A Huntington Beach man was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in state prison for murdering his estranged wife.

By Ellen Gaddie

Editor's note: Lisa McLaughlin's colleague Ellen Gaddie is mother of a University of Oregon freshman and wrote this...

By Mona Shadia, mona.shadia@latimes.com

Colette Chaillou has been a resident at Pacific Mobile Home Park for more than 20 years. Over the years, she built many memories and a well-...

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Two Huntington Beach suspects go to pretrial in Newport murder Pre-trial hearings are set to begin Wednesday morning in the October killing of a Newport Beach man over a romantic relationship.	Man dies in mobile-home fire By Mona Shadia, mona.shadia@latimes.com Huntington Beach firefighters and police are investigating the cause of a mobile home fire and the death of an elderly man whose body was...
Police Files AREA 1	Police probe officer-involved collision By Mona Shadia, mona.shadia@latimes.com Huntington Beach police are investigating an accident involving an officer who collided with another vehicle while driving a city-owned...

Planning Commission denies mobile home park's request The Huntington Beach Planning Commission denied a request to convert a mobile home park from rental to residential ownership on the...	Restaurant owner refutes remarks from downtown group's spokesman A downtown restaurant owner has refuted comments made in the Independent by the head of a political organization about their disagreements.
Councilman, bank ordered to mediation A federal court has ordered Councilman Keith Bohr and his wife, Elizabeth Propp, to settlement proceedings after their home loan lendor,...	Vendors wanted for Fountain Valley Summerfest It's almost time for Fountain Valley's annual Summerfest.