Huntington Beach

Oct 14 2011

Medical evaluation ordered

 SANTA ANA, Calif.—Scott Evans Dekraai, 41, of Huntington Beach, is accused of walking into a Seal Beach beauty salon while wearing body armor and gunning down his ex-wife and seven other people was charged today with eight counts of murder.

Dekraai faces the death penalty if convicted, according to Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.

Sep 1 2011

Fort Collins, Colo. takes 1st place

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles is America’s second-worst driving city when it comes to frequency of vehicle crashes, according to Allstate Insurance Co.’s annual Best Driver’s Report released today.

Los Angeles drivers as a whole average a crash every 6.6 years, a figure that nationally trails only Philadelphia drivers at 6.5 years, according to Allstate.

Sep 1 2011

Signs a three-year contract

At a special meeting held last Thursday, the Carson City Council appointed David C. Biggs to serve as city manager. He will start Sept. 26.

Biggs, who signed a three-year contract with the city, will be formally introduced at the Council’s Tuesday meeting. Biggs’ appointment came after a six-month-long search. He replaces Jerome Groomes, who resigned in January after 12 years for another job.

Aug 26 2011

Face Billings Big Sky Little League All-Stars

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The Ocean View Little League All-Stars from Huntington Beach are scheduled to face the Billings Big Sky Little League All-Stars from Billings, Mont., Saturday in the U.S. Championship of the 65th Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.

Ocean View earned its spot in the U.S Championship by defeating the Keystone Little League All-Stars from Clinton County, Pa., 2-0, Thursday, as Hagen Danner pitched a three-hitter, struck out 12 batters over 5 1/3 innings and hit a solo home run.

Aug 2 2011

No computer, no problem

LOS ANGELES, Caif.—People without a home computer can purchase concert and sporting-event tickets at various Southern California Wal-Mart stores outfitted with touch-screen Ticketmaster terminals, the ticketing outlet announced today.

The terminals are available at 69 Southern California Wal-Mart stores.

Customers can use the terminals to browse available concerts, shows and sporting events. Once a customer picks an event, a Wal-Mart employee will help complete the transaction and immediately print the tickets.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.