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A Long Beach woman filed a claim with the city after a Huntington Beach police officer allegedly hit her vehicle. Thung Tran, 26, filed a claim, the precursor to a lawsuit, March 31 for an unknown amount after a car accident earlier that month. Tran was driving along Temple Avenue in Long Beach around noon at the same time Brian Seitz, an on-duty Huntington Beach police officer, was attempting to make a U-turn on Temple Avenue, according to the claim. As Seitz started to turn his brown Chevy Malibu, the front left of his car “clipped” the right front of Tran’s white Toyota Sienna, according to the claim.

The Huntington Beach Green Chargers opened Pop Warner Football postseason play Saturday with a 25-0 shutout victory over Long Beach in a Jr. Pee Wee Division game. Huntington?s other Jr. Pee Wee Division team, the White Chargers, also had success in their playoff opener and also won by shutout over a Long Beach team, winning 12-0. Huntington 25, Long Beach 0 The undefeated Green Chargers exploded in the second half, scoring two quick touchdowns to turn a precarious, 6-0 halftime lead into a rout.

Fountain Valley police arrested a man Monday suspected in the Friday robbery of the Citibank on Brookhurst Street. Police responded to a call of a robbery at the bank at 17400 Brookhurst St. in Fountain Valley, according to a news release. A suspect reportedly handed a bank teller a note demanding money. After receiving cash the suspect fled and was last seen running south through the parking lot, police said. A tip from a witness at a nearby bank that a man had been acting suspiciously just prior to the Citibank robbery led Fountain Valley detectives to John Mclaughlin, the release said.

EDITOR'S NOTE : These people have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They are considered innocent until proved guilty. May 20 -- 26 Michael A. Hill, 38, Los Angeles Jody K. Koop, 42, Riverside Laurence D. McCarty, 21, Huntington Beach Leah M. Hollenbeck, 24, Huntington Beach Cody B. Lasswell, 27, Huntington Beach Paul M. Nelson, 25, Fullerton Loy A. Geddes, 67, Huntington Beach Nathan C. Kowarsky, 25, Irvine Timothy M. Gonzalez, 23, La Habra Gammaliel Medina, 19, Huntington Beach Gary R. Reynolds, 49, Weston Kyle E. Warner, 19, Huntington Beach Brigitte M. Williams, 19, Aliso Viejo Wade J. Draper, 35, Fountain Valley Wesley J. Poirier, 24, Huntington Beach Scott C. Warren, 23, Fountain Valley Corina S. Denton, 28, Irvine Angela R. Smith, 25, Huntington Beach Brian M. Cronin, 30, Long Beach Joeanne M. Manzala, 23, Lake Forrest Daniel R. Morris, 52, Huntington Beach Andrew Fernandez, 26, Huntington Beach Ramiro Hernandez, 47, Huntington Beach Julie L. Krabbe, 46, Garden Grove Michael S. Delessandro, 48, Huntington Beach Christine M. Hoyt, 23, Irvine Jack A. Bazz, 19, Long Beach Fernando Sandoval-Garcia, 32, Santa Ana Christopher S. Keller, 22, Seal Beach Weslee R. Lutes, 26, Costa Mesa Lindsay S. Vaughan, 27, Corona Del Mar May 27 -- June...

These people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They have only been arrested on suspicion of a crime and, as with all crimes, are considered innocent until proved guilty. Matthew R. Gunter, 27, Huntington Beach Peter Bozek, 25, Los Alamitos Jeffrey D. Atkin, 30, Long Beach Jason A. Gronstrand, 31, Bellflower Johnny Kozakovsky, 30, Huntington Beach Oden M. Edwards, 34, Long Beach Steven P. Deering, 22, Tustin Daniel P. Myers, 43, Lancaster Daniel Neugebauer, 20, Huntington Beach Michael Nelson, 28, Laguna Niguel Janet L. Gingras, 30, Long Beach Kathryn N. Gatewood, 27, Costa Mesa Antoni C. Gardner, 23, Artesia

EDITOR’S NOTE: These people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They are considered innocent until proved guilty.   Maureen Patricia Slattery, 44, Huntington Beach Arien V. Yang, 17, Huntington Beach Lyndsay Roush, 21, Long Beach Andy Chhun, 18, Irvine Joshua Lee Harper, 30, Venice Beach Jessica Grace Grinder, 21, Buena Park Guy Mitchell Cusson, 22, Huntington Beach Trent A. Labreak, 25, Huntington Beach Kyle Anthony Hughes, 19, Westminster Giovani Sarjanovic, 21, Huntington Beach Scott Anthony Macaluso, 19, Westminster Judy Ann Heitman, 57, Santa Ana Alexander Cassin George, 22, Huntington Beach Miranda Jane Ayala, 24, Huntington Beach Kelley Ann Johnson, 21, Long Beach Edwin Martin Gonzalez, 20, Huntington Beach Stephen Gary Sachs, 47, Corona del Mar Stephen Edward Tierney, 42, Huntington Beach Nickalas James Smithee, 24, Huntington Beach Marie Bannister Madrazo, 20, Huntington Beach Joanna Panzer, 55, Huntington Beach Michael Clayton Moore, 41, Huntington Beach Robert Thomas Roth, 29, Huntington Beach Jeffery Noel, Simmons, 20, Huntington Beach Robert Desmond Golding, 20, Huntington Beach Bassil Aish, 41, Huntington Beach John Stephen Benz, 43, Huntington Beach Jaime Hernandez, 33, Garden Grove David Marcias, 21, Yucaipa Hayley Rae Remolacio, 19, Santa...

Fountain Valley police arrested a man Monday suspected in the Friday robbery of the Citibank on Brookhurst Street. Police responded to a call of a robbery at the bank at 17400 Brookhurst St. in Fountain Valley, according to a news release. A suspect reportedly handed a bank teller a note demanding money. After receiving cash the suspect fled and was last seen running south through the parking lot, police said. A tip from a witness at a nearby bank that a man had been acting suspiciously just prior to the Citibank robbery led Fountain Valley detectives to John Mclaughlin, the release said.

The Marina High School Robotics Club is the winner of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition Las Vegas Regional. The tournament tool place April 4 to 6. This is the second year of the Marina team which won the Team Spirit Award at the 22nd FIRST Robotics L.A. Regional Competition in Long Beach. In Las Vegas the 27th ranked Marina team was chosen by the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams to joined them in the quarterfilnal, semifinal and final rounds.

On a breezy Saturday morning in the parking lot of Huntington State Beach, Jesus Trujillo was involved in some last-minute preparations before participating in the Huntington Beach triathlon and 5K. The 23-year-old from Rowland Heights had half of his wetsuit on as he used a pump to inflate his bicycle tires before the "Surf City Sprint" started. "I've always wanted to do a triathlon. I've been wanting to do it for years," Trujillo said. "Then one day I was in a bike ride down in Long Beach and saw their poster.

The Black Diamonds claimed the championship of the AYSO Section 11 Area K All-Star tournament by sweeping their way to the title Saturday. The tournament included All-Star teams from regions 55 (North Huntington Beach), 56 (South Huntington Beach), 117 (Fountain Valley-Huntington Beach), 143 (Huntington Beach), 177 (Long Beach), 517 (Santa Ana) and 1335 (Orange), and was held at Centennial Park in Santa Ana. The Black Diamonds, a girls' under-10 Silver All-Star team of AYSO Region 55, won their first five games in the tournament and were the top seed in the championship bracket.

Kelly Brunner, a senior at Huntington Beach High, helped guide the for the Long Beach Junior Crew rowing program to a silver medal Sunday at the USRowing Southwest Junior District Championships on Lake Natoma at Gold River, Calif. Brunner, a varsity rower, rowed in a "quad" (a four-person, sculling boat). Long Beach, which placed second among 26 boats, earned an invitation to the US Rowing National Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The competition at Melton Hill Lake is June 8-10.

The mother of a man who was shot and killed by Huntington Beach police has filed a claim against the city, alleging officers used excessive force and filed a false report to cover up their mistakes. Maria Isabel Garcia said the officers shot and killed her unarmed son, Erick Catalan, and failed to take appropriate measures to subdue the situation. She said in her claim, filed April 4, that the officers then filed a false police report to cover up their use of excessive force.

A former Long Beach fire captain who lives in Huntington Beach was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for a probation violation, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. John David Hines was charged with a violation in January after he was seen drunk at the Huntington Beach city jail. A spokesman for the Orange County Probation Department said the reason for Hines' condition was unclear, but he apparently drank ethanol produced from filtered hand sanitizer.

Rick Taylor, Long Beach Executive, Darrach G. (Rick) Taylor, long time Human Resource & Labor Relations executive died on February 8th of 2012. Rick was recognized for his expertise, imagination, and skill in labor relations and contract negotiations, and for developing harmonious and productive work forces worldwide. Rick was born in 1934 in NYC, coming to Los Angeles in 1938. He was a product of LA city schools, St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hollywood, and the Boy Scouts, where he earned the highest Eagle Scout rank.

Two men were booked into the Huntington Beach jail Feb. 9 on suspicion of robbing Hashigo Sushi on Main Street a week ago. A description of a pick-up truck that fled the scene led police to a suspect wanted on suspicion of three separate robberies in Long Beach, according to Huntington Beach Police Lt. Mitch O'Brien. A witness of the Huntington Beach robbery said the robber was armed with a gun. Authorities suspect Anthony Lee Bearden, 26, and Tad Lauren Bennett, 27, both of Long Beach, were involved in the Huntington Beach robbery, O'Brien said.

For the first time in the 29-year history of its own tournament, the Ocean View girls' soccer team advanced to the championship game of the Winter Classic. The Seahawks fell just short of winning the title as they were edged, 2-1, by Long Beach Millikan on Saturday. Senior midfielder Aleanna Vargas scored and freshman goalie Malia Hayes registered 20 saves for the Seahawks, a Division 6 team, against the Division 2 Rams. The Seahawks reserved a spot in the title match last Saturday by blanking Savanna, 4-0. Junior midfielder Danny Dapello scored two goals and Vargas and senior midfielder Kelley Dooley both scored once.