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Man found guilty of killing roommate

A 28-year-old man accused of stabbing his roommate to death on Halloween three years ago was found guilty Thursday.

Marines reinforce car wash

The 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines normally serve on the battlefield, but this weekend they lent a hand to wash cars in the city that has adopted them.

Board rejects Oates claim

The Huntington Beach City School District board of trustees has rejected a claim by the family of slain student Danny Oates. The claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, sought wrongful death damages for Oates, killed in an August crash while riding his bicycle to Sowers Middle School.

CITY FOCUS:
Enough to keep you afloat

Would-be lifeguards didn’t quite flood Huntington Beach shores this weekend for the Marine Safety Division’s annual tryouts, but an increase in attendance over last year is a good sign, officials said.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

COUNCIL WRAP-UP

Some of the items the council considered at its meeting Monday:

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OPINION

MAILBAG

The audacity of Cook

MULTIMEDIA

Pier Plaza Plunge

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NATURAL PERSPECTIVES:
6 months later: out of the fire and into the frying pan

These unseasonably hot days of March remind Vic and me of last October, when fires raged in Orange County for nearly three weeks.

SPORTS

League excitement

A prep baseball season that is only a day shy of two weeks old already takes the excitement level to the next step: league play.

BUSINESS

Restaurants:
State’s beef recall list is erroneous

Local restaurants are crying foul at their inclusion on a state list of possible buyers of tainted beef, saying they don’t have any relation to the Chino slaughterhouse that recalled 143 million pounds of its meat.

EDUCATION

District aims to protect its current staff

The Huntington Beach Union High School District is probably going to need to cut $5 million in costs to keep up with funding shortfalls from the expected statewide budget, Supt. Van Riley said at a board meeting this week.

ENTERTAINMENT

Sing along to an Irish song

The Irish love telling stories of their people, and one of their favorite ways to do it is through song. The exploits of Irish heroes are forever heard wafting out of pubs from Belfast to Beijing. From ancient Celts like Cuchulain down through the men who died in the Easter Rising, their tales are preserved in music.

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