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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Plot twist -- former HB city attorney and former DOJ attorney Michael Gates ineptly sank the 2025 Texas redistricting maps which were struck down by a three-judge panel today: tinyurl.com/nhe6er4j 1/6

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Trump DOJ’s ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter Key to Ruling Blocking Texas Gerrymander

Read more here.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hey friends - we’ve been working extremely hard on efforts to protect queer lives in Orange County. But we’re struggling to do this work with our limited resources - and queer, trans lives are in extreme danger now more than ever. Please help us protect our community. Bit.ly/donatetopatp

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Is that you, Huntington Beach city councilmember Butch Twining, dressed in black, holding a candle and a small flag, at the very end of this clip from last night's Charlie Kirk rally at the pier as the crowd is shouting "WHITE MEN FIGHT BACK!"?

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Great LAist article expanding an important story brought to light by Surf City Sentinel. :-) Key quote: “Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,” he said. “They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.” laist.com/news/politic...

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Why were surveillance cameras installed in Huntington Beach’s most iconic Latino neighborhood?

The city says the cameras are intended to fight crime. Some residents worry they could be used to aid in federal immigration enforcement.

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Without transparency, there can be no trust when it comes to government surveillance. surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/oak-view-s...

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Oak View Surveillance Expanded

10 new police cameras are being installed without any public oversight.

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Huntington Beach's unofficial poet laureate nailed it at last night's city council meeting -- "their mission is quite clear, stoke up cruelty, hate, and fear".

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Property owner seeks rezoning to build up to 800 medium-density residential units and 350 hotel rooms inland of PCH between Seapoint and Goldenwest. www.facebook.com/surfcitysent...

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BREAKING NEWS: California Resources Corporation (CRC) has submitted an application to rezone the oil production parcel on the inland side of Pacific Coast Hwy between Goldenwest and Seapoint (see...

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

In the end, the Huntington Beach MAGA city council years will only be remembered for the partisan circus sideshows meant to entertain and distract, and not for any lasting accomplishments that might have built a better future for us all.

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Huntington Beach is a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by a police officer against a resident, followed by intimidation from other officers to keep it quiet. Read the details here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Trumpflation is driving my Amazon subscription list prices higher by 5-38% in my upcoming delivery. :-(

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In this week's CDC MMWR, dairy workers in two different households may have passed H5N1 bird flu to exclusively indoor cats. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) ...

This report describes highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection among two indoor cats living in homes of dairy workers.

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Surf City Sentinel @surfcitysentinel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In a defeat for MAGA City, the State Court of Appeals has ordered the OC Superior Court judge in the HB voter ID lawsuit to render a decision on the merits, and the writing is on the wall that the charter city justification for voter ID will fail. voiceofoc.org/2025/02/stat...

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State Appellate Court Says Huntington Beach Voter ID Lawsuit Can Continue

A panel of judges unanimously said it was illegal for the original judge not to issue a ruling on whether the voter ID laws were constitutional – paving the way for Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsui...

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My Surf City Sentinel presence has expanded to include Bluesky. :-)

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

San Clemente is smart -- they don't want to be like us in Huntington Beach when it comes to fighting the state over the SB54 California Values Act re "sanctuary cities".

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The 2016 song "Amerika" by Canadian rockers Wintersleep speaks to the complicated relationship between Canada and America. At about the 4:30 mark in the video, there is an eerily prescient clip of Trump talking about making America great again and winning at trade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJ8...

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Wintersleep - Amerika (Official Video)

YouTube video by Wintersleep

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November. No newspaper would print it. It now deserves an outing.

A cartoon is headed “How tariffs work”. It proceeds to show a cartoon of Trump in his suit and red tie taking a piss towards a fan with a Canadian maple leaf on it. The fan blows Trump’s piss back into his face.
It was drawn and is signed by Bruce MacKinnon and is dated November 26, 2024

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Adios to the last of my pre-tariff Mexican limes purchased for $0.59 each.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Conditioning federal disaster relief on unrelated political demands is monstrous.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It turns out that the lyrics Alice Cooper wrote for "Don't Give Up" to describe COVID19 in 2020 work equally well for Trump in 2025. 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi-O...

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Alice Cooper - Don't Give Up (Official Video)

YouTube video by Official Alice Cooper

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I have mapped most of the police license plate surveillance network in Huntington Beach. Subscribe to my Substack if you enjoy long-form watchdog reporting. surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/surveillan...

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Surveillance City Exposed

An exclusive Sentinel report on Huntington Beach license plate camera locations

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My Surf City Sentinel coverage of Huntington Beach, California, can now be found on Substack in addition to Facebook. open.substack.com/pub/surfcity...

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Is This Thing On?

Surf City Sentinel has joined Substack

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Former mayor Connie Boardman and I have sued the city of Huntington Beach to overturn the outrageous airshow settlement which is a $50 million illegal gift of public funds. Details here: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

My knees and other joints are rooting for the osteoarthritis clinical trials to bear fruit, LOL.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates has no discernable humanity. He's urging President Felon to punish Los Angeles in a time of dire crisis.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

👇🏽🤔 (We don’t know who made this… but 🎯)

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Vegan diets for the win. :-)

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The Huntington Beach petition to require a public vote for library privatization has qualified for the ballot. Both library petitions are now waiting for the city council to do further study, adopt outright, or call for an election. laist.com/news/politic...

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Voters could decide whether to ban privatizing libraries in Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach's beloved libraries continue to stoke controversy.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Thoughts and prayers do nothing to reduce gun violence.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

MAGA poked the bear when they came after the Huntington Beach Public Library. The book banners have never been the good guys at any time in history.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Huntington Beach is being dragged kicking and screaming to switch to district city council elections. In a tentative ruling ahead of a Monday 12/16 hearing on the city's defendant motion for summary judgment, the court writes that the plaintiff "has shown a likelihood of success on the merits".

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Wow, Tesla FSD v12.5.4.2 was impressively courteous during morning rush today by leaving a gap for left-turning cross traffic despite no road markings or signs for "Do Not Block Intersection".

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Cats in Los Angeles County have died of presumptive bird flu after consuming raw milk from recalled batches from Raw Farms. www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

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Avian flu suspected in cats that drank raw milk as virus kills animals at Arizona zoo

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

There may be another H5N1 child case in California without a known source of exposure. This one is in Marin County, close to Alameda County where the previous unexplained child case was. It's too early to know whether the geographic proximity is community spread or just coincidence.

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Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; source of infection unknown

A second California child has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in Marin County; confirmation is needed from the CDC.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Fuel your resistance with a good breakfast. ;-) Indian dhokla, a light & spongy chickpea flour cake, is one of my favorite breakfasts, because it yields me three days each with about 20g of vegan protein when subbing cashewmilk yogurt for dairy yogurt. Yum! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu9M...

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Microwave Dhokla | Quick And Easy Breakfast Under 15 Minutes | Easy Dhokla Recipe | Chef Bhumika

YouTube video by Rajshri Food

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God @thegodshow.com · 08/12/2024

Thanks to all the atheists out there just doing the right thing without me threatening you with fire and brimstone.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Newly sworn-in Huntington Beach City Councilmember Butch Twining calls for unity, but only among far-right conservatives. The rest of us simply don't exist to him.

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LOLOCGOP @lolocgop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

There's no better illustration of MAGA being based in hatred and grievance than Huntington Beach. The new council has no interest in governing. They'll do nothing but spew bravado and try to humiliate everyone who's not in their camp. Sadly for residents, their legacy will be all damage and no good.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Here is the despicable parting gift given by Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark to outgoing councilmembers Dan Kalmick, Natalie Moser, and Rhonda Bolton. Never EVER assume that a MAGA can't go any lower.

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, a thriving Japanese agricultural community in the early 1900s, is being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. To help with that effort, please donate to this fundraising campaign: givebutter.com/wintersburg

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Historic Wintersburg National Register Nomination

Help us obtain national recognition for this rare historic place in Huntington Beach, California

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Mark Bixby @markbixby.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This nutrition science interview was fascinating and wide-ranging! Ultra-processed foods, vegan high carb diets, keto low carb diets, diabetes, GLP-1, continuous glucose monitors and more.

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