HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - A high-speed police chase in Huntington Beach on Friday morning led to the brief lockdown of two local elementary schools — all over a stolen leaf blower.

In this special election, Measures A and B are all about who gets to control Huntington Beach's beloved libraries.

Huntington Beach celebrated its graduating seniors during the ceremony at ‘Cap’ Sheue Field, with 686 seniors turning their tassels as part of the school’s 119th graduating class.

The City Council implemented the controversial policy in 2023, ordering librarians to move books deemed to be obscene or pornographic. The guideline met stiff resistance from the ACLU and local residents, including city council members who voted against the review board.

Police told the father of four that someone thought he was a homeless man with a baby. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2025. A Huntington Beach father whose neighbor called police after mistaking him as a homeless man is using his art to change the conversation around homelessness and parenthood.

Huntington Beach will vote next week on whether to repeal a community review board for library material. It’s a test of the conservative city council’s growing clout and the national movement to restrict access to sexual content in children’s books.

In the run-up to the special election, Williams posted campaign signs around Huntington Beach reading “Protect our kids from PORN.” The backlash was immediate. Books cited by critics as too sexually explicit for children include those about sex ed, puberty and queer identity.

Standing near the pier in Huntington Beach, Calif., Dennis Lorton said he and a group of Trump supporters planned after the election to meet up again today for Flag Day. They only recently learned [an