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In today's newsletter:

  • How new subsea cables could speed up your Huntington Beach internet
  • Why a six-hour Huntington Beach standoff led to felony charges
  • How a Huntington Beach dad is fighting to outlive his failing kidneys

Also on today's calendar: Twelfth Night holiday tea and 3 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, with a high of 68 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 65, low: 53.
  • Saturday: A couple of showers, with a high of 64 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Huntington Beach partners in bringing high-speed internet to Catalina, coastal communities (latimes.com subscription) — Huntington Beach is set to host two subsea fiber-optic cable landing stations that will boost internet connectivity for selected neighborhoods, including Central Park and parts of southeast Huntington Beach. Funded partly by a $37 million state grant, the project also links Catalina Island and coastal Orange County, promising better reliability for residents, businesses, and emergency services across the region.
   

2. Felony charges are filed in fight (orangecountytribune.com) — Felony charges have been filed after a violent confrontation inside a Huntington Beach home on Edinger Avenue, where police faced a nearly six-hour standoff before the suspect surrendered. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Zachary Romanak now faces two felony counts and a misdemeanor, and remains in Orange County Jail on $20,000 bail.
   

3. Still pondering a holiday gift? How about a kidney or liver? (ocregister.com) — A Huntington Beach father, Shawn Kortes, has spent a decade on the kidney transplant waitlist and now relies on nightly home dialysis while hoping for a living donor match. His story anchors a broader look at OneLegacy’s push to boost organ donations, including a Donate Life float in the 2026 Rose Parade and information on how Southern Californians can register or be evaluated as living donors.
   

4. Cecilia 'Paula' Pauline Loucks .... (lwweekly.com) — Huntington Beach readers are asked to remember Cecilia “Paula” Pauline Loucks, who spent much of her life in nearby coastal communities and is survived by her daughter living in Huntington Beach. The longtime real estate and assisted-living professional was known for her strong work ethic, love of gardening and animals, and later-life quilting achievements, including a ribbon-winning piece at the Orange County Fair.
   

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