Authorities continued searching Thursday afternoon for a 21-year-old swimmer who disappeared Wednesday night in the ocean in ...

Huntington Beach unveils memorial for pilot of police helicopter that crashed in Newport Harbor by: Travis Schlepp Posted: Feb 19, 2023 / 03:22 PM PST Updated: Feb 19, 2023 / 03:36 PM PST ...

Vella was in the Huntington Beach police helicopter HB-1 responding to a call on Feb. 19, 2022, when the helicopter crashed into the water off Newport Beach.

In 2021, the Huntington Beach Police Department signed a $10-million purchase agreement for three MD 530F helicopters equipped with the latest law enforcement technology.

Huntington Beach police and city officials unveiled the first of three new MD530F helicopters, which will replace a fleet that had been in service about 25 years, officials said.

The pilot of a police helicopter desperately tried to keep flying before crashing into the ocean off Southern California last month, killing another officer, investigators said in a preliminary ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The pilot of a police helicopter desperately tried to keep flying before crashing into the ocean off Southern California last month, killing another officer ...

A crane lifts a Huntington Beach, CA, police helicopter out of the water in Newport Beach on Feb. 20. Officer Nicholas Vella, a 14-year veteran of the force, died in the crash the night before.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- A solemn procession was held Tuesday afternoon to honor Huntington Beach police Officer Nicholas Vella, who died when the police helicopter he was in crashed into ...

A relative of Huntington Beach Police Officer Nicholas Vella cries as the body of the 14-year veteran, who was killed in a helicopter crash Saturday, is taken into a funeral home in La Habra on ...

The Huntington Beach Police Department posted a memorial on its Twitter account to Officer Nicolas Vella, who was killed on Feb. 19 when his police helicopter crashed into Newport Bay.