George H.W. Bush, who died late Friday night, was largely known for his work in public office, from his time as a Texas congressman and CIA director to his years in the White House as president and Ronald Reagan’s vice president. But the World War II hero and great-grandfather also was an avid skydiver, played…
George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who also presided during…
George Herbert Walker Bush, the linchpin of an American political dynasty and 41st president of the United States, who rode foreign policy triumphs to high popularity at the end of the Cold War only to suffer a revolt in his own party and a painful defeat for reelection, has died at his Houston…
Santa Claus had his lap full at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa on Friday, Nov. 30, with a visit from a group for parents of twins and triplets. The Saddleback Mothers of Multiple Club, with the kids sporting fur-trimmed jackets and holiday sweaters, hit the mall before it opened to the public to ride…
Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee won election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors on Friday, becoming the first Democrat to hold that office in 12 years. The contest for the board’s 4th District had slim margins, and in the end, Chaffee defeated La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw by less than 1 percentage point. Chaffee trailed…
The rain disappeared and the sun shone brightly in Huntington Beach on Friday, Nov. 30. Yet at Oak View Elementary, students spent the morning gazing up at a brilliant night sky. Via the magic of an inflatable planetarium, thousands of twinkling stars came out in broad daylight. Looking somewhat like a huge octopus, the fantastical…
The shiny ceremonial shovels and pile of pre-mounded dirt were merely symbolic, but the milestones Orange County transit and local officials celebrated Friday, Nov. 30, were real. Santa Ana and Garden Grove city leaders, Orange County Transportation Authority executives and the acting administrator of the Federal Transit Administration gathered to mark the groundbreaking for the…
A three-day lifestyle and fitness festival hit the sand in Huntington Beach as the stormy weather cleared on Friday. The event, part of the new “p1440” series created by renowned beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings with her husband Casey, is the third and final festival of the year following those in San Jose…
Santa Claus is busy overseeing lots of toys and goodies being made at the North Pole. But he still is finding time to make several visits to Huntington Beach before Christmas. We sat down with the Jolly Old Elf — who also answers to the name Darrell Rivers — to chat: Q: So, you’re going…
Dick and Carol Stein loaded up a moving van and trailer in mid-October and drove away from their Laguna Beach home of 54 years, headed to a community in Northern California that Carol called “peaceful.” Three weeks later, the couple were fleeing the Camp fire, which consumed their new house in…
