Several celebrities to appear at H.B. Fourth of July parade

Recently announced participants in the 104th Annual Huntington Beach Fourth of July Parade include mixed martial arts celebrity Tito Ortiz, winners of the reality show “The Amazing Race,” radio personalities and several others.

Ortiz, of Huntington Beach, will be sports grand marshal of the festivities, while residents and “The Amazing Race” winners T.K. Erwin and Rachel Rosales will be celebrity guests. Nickelodeon teen star Jennette McCurdy will be teen grand marshal.

Also attending as celebrity guests including KABC radio personality Larry Elder, “American Idol” top 10 finalist Lisa Tucker, and K-EARTH radio morning show host Gary Bryan.

The previously announced community grand marshal will be Noble Waite, the oldest living former city councilman Huntington Beach.

The parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. July 4 and runs from Pacific Coast Highway at 8th Street to Yorktown Avenue and Main Street., with an expected 250,000 onlookers along the parade route as well as hundreds of thousands via television.

— Michael Alexander