Huntington Beach

Clark Pitti and Brandon Loschiavo haven’t been competitive divers for all that long. But they showed they could handle it at a big-time meet over the weekend, as the pair of Surf City residents competed at the USA Diving Western Junior National Championships. Pitti, 14, is am eighth grader at Stacey Middle School. He placed 17th of 26 divers in the 14-15 year-old boys’ one-meter competition, scoring 254.30. Pitti was 16th in the three-meter competition, with a total score of 264.95.

I got the invitation late and I had other plans for Sunday night. So I had mixed feelings about going to the Thanksgiving service organized by the Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council. When I pulled into the Warner Avenue parking lot of the Community United Methodist Church, I hardly expected to find every parking space with a car in it. As I drove up and down nearby residential streets looking for a spot to park my car, I was tempted to pull back onto Warner and go home.

Ethel Dwyer Middle School Principal Ian Collins 1502 Palm Ave., Huntington Beach 536-7507 John H. Eader Elementary School Principal Dixie Arnold 9291 Banning Ave., Huntington Beach 962-2451 Ralph Hawes Elementary School Principal Marie Smith 9682 Yellowstone Drive, Huntington Beach 963-8302 William Kettler Elementary School Principal Billie Baker 8750 Dorsett Drive, Huntington Beach...

A Sunset Beach man was killed Friday in Huntington Beach after a vehicle collided with his motorcycle on Edwards Street. Mark Hampton Montgomery, 59, was riding his motorcycle westbound on Edwards at 5:20 p.m. when a gold four-door vehicle, traveling east on Garfield Avenue, made a northbound turn in front of Montgomery, police said in a release. Montgomery collided with the vehicle and was seriously injured. He died after being transported to a local hospital. Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call Huntington Beach Police Department Investigator Bob Barr at (714)

A pedestrian was killed early today when the driver of a Chrysler van at Brookhurst and Yorktown streets struck him, according to Huntington Beach police. Peter Hosey, 66, of Huntington Beach was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Orange County Coroner's office. The van's driver was identified as Roger Meyer, 45, of Huntington Beach. Police are continuing to investigate the accident, but so far Meyer has not been cited, Lt. Terry Lindsey said. Meyer was northbound on Brookhurst at 5:54 a.m. when he hit Hosey who was walking east in the crosswalk across Brookhurst Street at Yorktown Avenue.

Police arrested a Huntington Beach man near the Mexican border on suspicion of rape and false imprisonment Sunday night, after a weekend manhunt, officials said Monday. Authorities said he may have been trying to flee the country. James Ernest Bledsoe, 26, a parolee for a lewd act on a minor, was arrested in San Ysidro on suspicion of raping a 27-year-old woman in Huntington Beach early Saturday, Huntington Beach police said. The victim told Huntington Beach police she was assaulted and raped at Bledsoe’s apartment in the 16000 block of Lynn Street.

A 70-year-old Huntington Beach man was killed by a car this week as he crossed Bolsa Chica Street, police said. Resident John Carpenter was crossing the street east at Edinger Avenue at about 5:37 p.m. Tuesday, when a maroon Chevy Impala hit him, according to police. Paramedics treated him and rushed him to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, but he died there from his injuries, authorities said. The Impala’s driver, Shirley Constants, 83, Huntington Beach, took suffered no injuries and was not taken to the hospital.

The American Cancer Society is holding its Kickoff Party for the “17th Annual Relay For Life” of Huntington Beach on Friday, February 20, 2009 from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm at the Hilton Waterfront Resort, 21100 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA. Complimentary appetizers will be served, a cash bar will be available and guest speakers will inform and entertain attendees.  Relay For Life celebrates cancer survivors; remembering and honoring family and friends whom we’ve lost; and supporting the ongoing life-saving mission of the American Cancer Society which is our Country’s single largest donator to cancer research, treatment and services.