House fire is stopped by OCFA

A house fire in Garden Grove on Thursday afternoon was knocked down in 26 minutes.

According to the Orange County Fire Authority – which provides fire and paramedic services for the city – the blaze was reported at 1:08 p.m. for the

Should city rule library content?

Should the Huntington Beach City Council tell the city’s libraries how to handle materials on sexuality?

The council will take up that potentially controversial action when it meets on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark is requesting that the council take action on the selection, display and circulation of n HUNT. BEACH CITY COUNCIL library books and other materials that are “obscene and or pornographic” and making them unavailable to minors.

Her request is to direct the city manager to return to the council in August with a proposed ordinance on that matter, with the city attorney evaluating the materials “under the First Amendment.”

The second part of the request is to direct the city manager to “look into the process to part ways with the American Library Association.”

Van Der Mark’s request tracks with efforts in Florida and other states in which conservative

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The fire began in a garage and extended into the attic of a house. Residents were evacuated and no injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.

The number of confirmed new cases of coronavirus continues to decline in Orange County.

According to the county health agency, the weekly report for the period concluding on June 14, new cases were 304, down from 419 the week before