Kilgore: A warm greeting at new tea house
Delightful! Craved Tea House is nestled in a shopping center in Fountain Valley. Par Tea On was in this spot before. The day I visited the newly opened tea house, I was immediately greeted warmly. I...
View ArticleHarper: Understanding California's tax codes
State income taxes (especially in California) are a large part of your tax bill, so this week I'll go over some of the basics of the California income tax. For individuals, California tax is computed...
View ArticleHarman: Got a favorite fishing spot? Take a Wounded Warrior there
Of all the bills I authored while I was in the Legislature, I think the one that gave me the greatest satisfaction was Senate Bill 1287, which became law Jan 1. The bill authorizes the Department of...
View ArticleFVHS boys tennis team hopes to draw on deep lineup, recent success
The Fountain Valley High School boys tennis team is off to a hot preseason start, and Coach Harush Patel believes a program that hasn't seen success in nearly two decades is righting the ship. Patel is...
View ArticleCarroll: Perfect '90s waves were rides to remember
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is about the best days of surf that I ever had here in Huntington Beach. I guess that having almost 57 years of local waves under my belt would give me...
View Article5 Questions With ... Autism Spectrum Therapies teacher Sara Rodden
Instead of hanging out with her friends at lunchtime when she attended Marine View Middle School, Sara Rodden would head over to the special education class to help out. Now she's turned a passion for...
View Article5 Questions With ... Window cleaner Grady Kerr
Since opening Grady's Window Cleaning in 2008, lifelong Fountain Valley resident Grady Kerr, 32, has cleaned thousands of windows, inside and out. The Fountain Valley View sat down with Kerr to talk...
View ArticleLoara High duo catches all of the bugs
The automotive know-how of two Loara High School seniors has earned them $20,000 in scholarships as well as an expenses-paid trip to New York City to compete with other budding auto technicians from...
View ArticleH.B. girl wins Miss Culver City Outstanding Teen title
Huntington Beach resident Savannah Preuss recently won the title of Miss Culver City Outstanding Teen and will compete in June in the Miss California Outstanding Teen competition. She won a $250...
View ArticleFVHS alum deals with changing volleyball role at UCLA
Trent Kersten has the stature to represent his own totem pole, but that doesn't mean he can't find himself at the bottom of another. Kersten, who stands 6-foot-9 and weighs 230 pounds, is a Fountain...
View ArticleEast-West mash-up of styles
Orange County-based Roxy has teamed up with DVF, a New York-based designer line founded by Diane von Furstenberg, for a new surf and beachwear collection that launches today. DVF Loves Roxy is a...
View ArticleHow to fit university-level research on a poster? H.B. students did it
How do you condense days of class held on the trails of Yosemite or the water off Catalina into one poster? It's not a walk in the park for students in Huntington Beach High School's Advanced Placement...
View ArticleSurf brands branch out into fitness
A few years ago, designers in the women's division at O'Neill noticed something that gave them pause. They had an easy time finding clothes for themselves in the company's line for surfing, swimming or...
View ArticleMichelle Williams: From Marilyn to Glinda
The last time we spoke to Michelle Williams, she was still a teenager and in the second year of a six-season run on the hit TV show "Dawson's Creek." She was about to embark on a movie career in the...
View ArticleMarch 7 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: TV personality Willard Scott (The "Today" show) is 79. Pioneering auto-racing driver Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the...
View ArticleLetters: Hugo Chavez's legacy of persecution
GARDEN GROVE, Jaime Casarin: I could appreciate the concept of advocating for the poor, but not many signs of relief were shown for the poor in Venezuela, even with resources at their disposal ["Death...
View Article'Oz the Great and Powerful' gets the story right
In the movies' version of March Madness, Sam Raimi turns out to be a much better Tim Burton than Bryan Singer. Unlike "Giant Slayer" Singer, Sam's got a sense of humor. Taking on a prequel to the...
View ArticleTiara tussle: Who will win Miss Fountain Valley 2013?
In two days, Fountain Valley will turn its attention to the Saigon Performing Arts Center and fall in love with 10 young women. Over the course of a couple of hours, these women, ages 17-22, will...
View ArticleEfforts continue to restore, revive Bolsa Chica reserve
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Environmentalists have been fighting for nearly four decades to protect the 1,300-acre slice of rare open space along Pacific Coast Highway known as the Bolsa Chica Ecological...
View ArticleYes reborn by revisiting its glorious past on tour
Yes' vocalist was recommended by childhood friend Taylor Hawkins. Photo: Kelly A. Swift, for the Register Regardless how many aesthetic-shifting phases and lineup permutations these particular...
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