Huntington Beach City Clerk Robin Estanislau and her staff are currently counting thousands of petition signatures. This petition seeks to prevent the city’s library operations from being privatized in the future, without majority approval from the City Council and HB voters.

🚨Moments after Democrat Derek Tran declares victory in #CA45, incumbent Republican Michelle Steel files FEC paperwork to run again in 2026.

Orange County fired nonprofit Mind OC from managing behavioral health services at a second Be Well OC campus in Irvine that is still under construction, terminating its $95M contract with the group. ocregister.com/2024/11/25/ora…

BREAKING from Mexico 🇺🇸🇲🇽 President Claudia Sheinbaum has just penned a letter to Donald Trump. It’s brilliant, firm, and unflinching — a document that will set the tone for an entirely new era of US-Mexican relations. I have posted the English translation below: “Dear

NEW: Chats obtained by LAist show OC Public Works officials were alerted to high fire danger, yet failed to take precautions before a crew accidentally started the massive Airport Fire. Homes burnt. 22 people injured. And nearly $400m in damages claimed. laist.com/news/orange-co…

NEW: A new exec leading all programs at LA’s homeless services agency has exited after less than 2 weeks. Lilly Simmering previously oversaw an OC department that paid millions to an out-of-compliance nonprofit now in a fraud scandal involving Andrew Do. laist.com/news/housing-h…

Outgoing Huntington Beach Councilman Dan Kalmick’s final comments were just cut off at 5 minutes by Mayor Gracey Der Mark. Kalmick says he has just one more page of notes and didn’t see a timer. Van Der Mark: “I think we’re going to move on.”

Outgoing Huntington Beach Councilwoman Natalie Moser thanks mentors Shirley Dettloff and Ralph Bauer in her final remarks. Quotes “To Kill A Mockingbird”: Real courage is “when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

Meeting adjourned, after all 7 Huntington Beach city council members, City Atty. Gates and City Clerk Barnes posed in front of the dais with the red “Make Huntington Beach Great Again” hats. The final council meeting of the year is on Dec. 17.

NEW: Congressman Lou Correa sent a letter of concern to OC Supervisors, citing an LAist investigation on mismanagement of taxpayer funds given to the mental health nonprofit Mind OC. Story by Jill Replogle laist.com/news/politics/…

A union was successful in its fight to oust a Dem from the CA Senate after he didn't support a bill it backed in the Legislature. But in doing so, they may have helped elect a Rep w/ a history of opposing organized labor who wants to curb their power: latimes.com/california/sto…

Former OC Sup Andrew Do gave half a million in taxpayer funds to his two adult daughters. Rhiannon got a down payment for a house. Do’s other daughter got $100,000 in deposits to her bank account. Here’s what we know about that daughter: laist.com/news/politics/…

8:34 Board reported out of closed session they voted UNANIMOUSLY to put on immediate paid administrative leave immediately SEVEN people. Renee Gray acting superintendent. Per personnel law, no names given:

Happening in a few min: closing arguments in what I'm calling the OC jailhouse snitch scandal 2.0 laist.com/news/criminal-…

Was fun and inspiring to do this story and sure glad I didn’t get seasick: “These volunteers are working to clear the ocean of an underwater menace” laist.com/news/climate-e…

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Fish has ruled that the city of Huntington Beach owes $182,092.50 to Gina Clayton-Tarvin's attorneys for work done after the city initially withheld the Pacific Airshow settlement in 2023.

Resources for SoCal fire victims, evacuees and first responders laist.com/news/climate-e… via LAist LAist 89.3 Jill Replogle

I just refreshed our list of resources for fire victims, evacuees & first responders - free child care, storage, pet care, food and more. Pass it on and DM me with stuff I should add: laist.com/news/climate-e… #PalisadesWildfire #EatonFire

My incredibly kind and talented LAist colleague Josie Huang and her family have lost their home and all their possessions in the Eaton Fire — including all their necessities and their young kids’ toys. Their friends have organized a GoFundMe to help. gofundme.com/f/support-the-…

Cell phones across Orange County may have received an emergency alert for an evacuation warning. This is likely related to the #KennethFire in the West Hills area of Los Angeles and does not affect Orange County. There is no threat to Orange County.