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Remote control vehicle enthusiasts may soon have to watch where they drive in city parks after the City Council approved a proposal Monday night. The proposal was approved unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance to restrict RC vehicles to specific areas in parks and look into designating an area for their use. The ordinance will come back to the council for approval. The proposal was brought to the council by Mayor Cathy Green after she received complaints about the destruction the miniature cars were causing to the habitat, the noise they created and the dust they kicked up. “I just kind of want to make sure we have a place for kids and parents to go that is safe, but not destructive,” Green said.

Mayor Cathy Green is proposing restricting where in city parks residents can drive remote control vehicles as part of an addition to an ordinance that will go before the City Council Monday. The prosal would still allow residents to drive RC vehicles, but only in specific areas, Green said. “I just kind of want to make sure we have a place for kids and parents to go that is safe, but not destructive,” Green said. Green has received about 20 complaints from residents about the destruction the toys cause to the habitat and the dust and noise problems they create.

A Huntington Beach man died in Fontana early Sunday when he was struck on the road by as many as five vehicles, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department said. Victor Joseph Scallo, 44, died on San Bernardino Avenue near Commerce Street at 3:35 a.m. Deputy Coroner Pamela Sokolik said he was possibly hit by a semi tractor-trailer and then several other vehicles, and that the first few drivers may not have realized they had struck a person. Finally, a driver called police to report the collision, Sokolik said.

Angelique Flores FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- After more than a decade of battling over recreational-vehicle parking on city streets, the issue may finally be put to rest. The City Council is expected to decide at Tuesday's council meeting whether to adopt an ordinance restricting RV parking, put the issue on the ballot for residents to decide or leave the issue as it is. "We just want to settle it once and for all," Mayor Guy Carrozzo said. "Something has to be done."

Towing service is a needed and important component of public safety. MetroPro Road Services is a towing company that assists the Huntington Beach Police Department in fulfilling its pledge, “to protect and serve.” Instead of spending the Fourth of July holiday with their families, MetroPro employees assisted the police department with tow services when the police deemed it to be necessary in the interest of public safety. In a recent letter to the editor, (“Signage needed before towing cars,” July 17)

Dave Brooks The Huntington Beach Fire Department is getting a new set of $155,000 ambulances. Looking to update its current fleet and correct some problems with its past line, Fire Chief Duane Olsen has added two new Truck Modular Freightliners to his fleet and hopes to add an additional two in the next couple of years. "This is really about the safety of the patients," he said during a City Council tour of the ambulances Monday. The Huntington Beach Fire Department has a contract with the city to be the sole ambulance service provider within city limits, handling about 2,500 calls a year.

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize has named Huntington Beach resident Eric Cahill as its senior director. Progressive’s X Prize is a $10-million global competition to create a new clean, consumer-ready vehicle that will exceed 100 miles per gallon. The nonprofit X Prize Foundation creates public competitions, which are sponsored by various corporations, to create better technology that can be used by all of humanity. A previous competition by the foundation saw a team backed by Microsoft’s Paul Allen create the world’s first private suborbital spaceship.

9th Street: Illegal narcotics activity was reported in the 400 block at 6:11 p.m. Sunday. Beach Boulevard: A person reported their silver Lexus stolen in the 16200 block at 1 a.m. Sunday. Beach Boulevard: An injury involving a car and a bike was reported in the 17700 block at 5 a.m. Friday. Beach Boulevard: A person reported their bike, worth $350, stolen in the 19500 block at 8:24 p.m. Saturday. Beach Boulevard and Glencoe Avenue: An injury was reported involving two vehicles at 2:22 p.m. Saturday.

Aulnay Lane: A man reported that a vehicle he believes to be stolen was parked next to his house in the 15600 block at 11:19 a.m. Saturday. Beach Boulevard: A suspicious man was reported was talking to himself and yelling at people walking in the parking lot in the 19600 block at 4:28 p.m. Sunday. Delaware Street: A resident reported that someone threw a block or a brick at the front door in the 2200 block at 5:01 a.m. Friday. Eastport Drive: A man reported that his girlfriend had been assaulted by the neighbor in the 8100 block at 8:13 p.m. Sunday.

Dan Muraira and Eric Wilford often have their Kona Ice Trucks compared to ice cream trucks, but there's one big difference. "We don't go anywhere unless we're invited," said Wilford, who's Muraira's uncle. "We aren't an ice cream truck where we just drive around. " The San Clemente residents just purchased their third Kona Ice Truck for Huntington Beach, which has operated in the city for the past three years under two previous owners, to help meet an increasing demand for their services.

For some, living near the beach in Orange County is a priceless luxury. But actually going to the beach — by car, anyway — is about to get a little pricier. The California Dept. of Parks and Recreation announced this month that annual vehicle passes at state parks will increase from $125 to $195. Among the locations affected are six in Orange County: Crystal Cove State Park and Bolsa Chica, Huntington, Corona del Mar, San Clemente and Doheny state beaches. The department announced April 12 that it would raise the price of several annual passes, including those for vehicle use, on May 1. The cost for single-day use and camping fees will remain the same in most areas, although some regional superintendents may adjust fees for specific parks, spokesman Roy Stearns said.

A Huntington Beach man died in Fontana early Sunday when he was struck on the road by as many as five vehicles, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department said. Victor Joseph Scallo, 44, died on San Bernardino Avenue near Commerce Street at 3:35 a.m. Deputy Coroner Pamela Sokolik said he was possibly hit by a semi tractor-trailer and then several other vehicles, and that the first few drivers may not have realized they had struck a person. Finally, a driver called police to report the collision, Sokolik said.

Huntington Beach police arrested a man Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a car and burglarizing several vehicles over the previous night. Officers were patrolling the area of Oswego Avenue and Huntington Street about 6:40 a.m. when one of them saw a vehicle run a stop sign at about 50 mph, according to a release from the department. After a pursuit, the driver crashed the vehicle in the area of Nashville Avenue and Huntington Street and fled on foot. Jason Daniel Geer, 35, of Placentia was located with the help of witnesses and taken into custody without incident, according to the release.

Wrenched. Twisted. Stumped. Students jotted down these words and others that caught their attention as they listened to a passage of Harry Potter amid the crinkle of candy wrappers being opened around the room. The exercise was to pinpoint the action words author J.K. Rowling used to make her writing pop in a two-hour writing workshop dedicated to muscle words. "One thing that she does is repeat the word 'up,' so, as a reader, I'm going up the stairs with her, and with Harry," said Sue Welfringer, one of the workshop leaders.

The Huntington Beach Marine Safety Division is celebrating National Beach Safety Week with an open house Memorial Weekend. The Vincent G. Moorhouse Lifeguard Headquarters will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to Monday at 103 Pacific Coast Hwy. There will be informational displays, brochures and videos on beach safety and coloring books for kids. Children can also have their picture taken on the a lifeguard rescue truck and watercraft. The open house is part of National Beach Safety Week to educate the public on the importance of learning to swim, never going in the ocean alone, swimming sober, staying in areas watched by lifeguards and how to handle the current.

The competition was to create a project that would help the community, but four sixth-grade students at Mesa View Middle School created something that would not only make Huntington Beach safer, but hopefully stop a tragedy from happening again. The remote-operated vehicle, or ROV, is designed to go underwater and has a video camera to help lifeguards detect dangerous objects and animals that could be lurking in the water — an idea that was inspired by the death of 11-year-old Junior Lifeguard Allyssa Squirrell.

Remote-control vehicle enthusiasts may soon have to watch where they operate their models in city parks after the City Council on Monday approved a proposal to set standards and locations for their use. A proposal was approved unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance to restrict RC vehicles to specific areas in parks and look into designating an area for their use. The ordinance, when drafted, will come back to the council for...

Remote control vehicle enthusiasts may soon have to watch where they drive in city parks after the City Council approved a proposal Monday night. The proposal was approved unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance to restrict RC vehicles to specific areas in parks and look into designating an area for their use. The ordinance will come back to the council for approval. The proposal was brought to the council by Mayor Cathy Green after she received complaints about the destruction the miniature cars were causing to the habitat, the noise they created and the dust they kicked up. “I just kind of want to make sure we have a place for kids and parents to go that is safe, but not destructive,” Green said.

Mayor Cathy Green is proposing restricting where in city parks residents can drive remote control vehicles as part of an addition to an ordinance that will go before the City Council Monday. The proposal would still allow residents to drive RC vehicles, but only in specific areas, Green said. “I just kind of want to make sure we have a place for kids and parents to go that is safe, but not destructive,” Green said. Green has received about 20 complaints from residents about the destruction the toys cause to the habitat and the dust and noise problems they create.