Huntington Beach marine safety officials closed a two-mile stretch of ocean from Seapoint to the Huntington Beach Pier after a 10- to 12-foot great white shark was seen circling near Tower 16 on Tuesday, October 13. Officials classified the behavior as aggressive under the city's shark response protocol, posted warning signs, and kept the water closed until 3 p.m. Wednesday. "Public safety remains our top priority," the Huntington Beach Fire Department said, urging beachgoers to follow lifeguard instructions.
Katie Zacharia, a Huntington Beach native, former State Department employee and conservative commentator from Orange County, held her first briefing as White House press secretary on Tuesday. She announced that President Trump had asked Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, and took only four questions, all from outlets seen as friendly to the administration. She is drawing scrutiny over her legal credentials: she describes herself as a lawyer and graduated from Pepperdine's law school in 2011, but the State Bar of California says it has no record of her being licensed to practice in the state.
Over $2 million has been donated to campaigns and political action committees in Newport Beach this year, according to a Voice of OC review. Four of seven City Council seats are on the ballot, along with Measure H, which would limit how much new housing the city can zone for. A separate court-ordered special election covers three citizen initiatives on transparency, term limits and district-only voting. Developer Ken Picerne has spent about $1.3 million funding the signature drives for all four initiatives, while the city's firefighters and police associations have spent about $138,000 and $60,000, respectively, supporting Mayor Lauren Kleiman and Councilmembers Joe Stapleton and Erik Weigand.
Mary Carole McDonnell, 75, a former true-crime TV producer and ex-CEO of Burbank-based Bellum Entertainment, has been added to the FBI's new Most Wanted Fraudsters list. Prosecutors say she posed as an heiress tied to McDonnell Douglas to obtain about $30 million from banks in Los Angeles and Orange counties, including a roughly $15 million loan from Banc of California. Indicted in 2018 on bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, she is believed to be in Dubai. The FBI is offering up to $150,000 for information leading to her arrest and conviction.
① 헌팅턴비치 백상아리 출현: 13일(화) 16번 망루 인근에서 3~3.6m 크기의 백상아리가 '공격적인' 행동을 보여, 시포인트부터 헌팅턴비치 피어까지 약 2마일 구간 바다가 14일 오후 3시까지 폐쇄됐습니다.
② 헌팅턴비치 출신 백악관 대변인 첫 브리핑: 헌팅턴비치 출신 케이티 자카리아 신임 백악관 대변인이 13일 첫 브리핑에서 킴벌리 길포일 대사의 사임 요청 사실을 발표했습니다. 본인을 변호사로 소개해 왔지만 캘리포니아 변호사협회에는 자격 기록이 없어 논란이 일고 있습니다.
③ 뉴포트비치 선거에 200만 달러 이상: 시의원 4석과 신규 주택 용도지정을 제한하는 Measure H 등을 둘러싸고 올해 200만 달러 넘는 정치자금이 몰렸습니다. 개발업자 켄 피컨이 주민발의안 서명운동에 약 130만 달러를 냈습니다.
④ 3천만 달러 '가짜 상속녀' 사기 용의자, FBI 지명수배: 전 TV 프로듀서 메리 캐롤 맥도넬(75)이 맥도넬 더글러스 상속녀를 사칭해 LA·OC 은행들에서 약 3천만 달러를 받아낸 혐의로 FBI '최우선 수배 사기범' 명단에 올랐습니다. 현상금은 최대 15만 달러입니다.
Sources: The Inertia · KTLA · Patch · Voice of OC · FBI (via Patch)
