An unruly crowd surged through downtown Huntington Beach in Southern California last night following the US Open of Surfing, brawling, looting a bicycle shop, clashing with police and trashing property before authorities broke up the melee and made arrests, authorities and witnesses say. Police say more than 100 officers from… …read more
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Police say eight people have been arrested after a rowdy crowd surged through downtown in the Southern California city of Huntington Beach after the U.S. Open of Surfing, fighting and damaging property. …read more
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By Mark Newman MLB announced its second cut of the 2013 Cave Dweller cast on Tuesday, meaning White Sox fan Marcus Hall of Aurora, Ill., and Dodgers fan Aaron Roberts of Huntington Beach, Calif., are regular fans like everyone else again. …read more
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By John Lamm
Horatio McCallister is from Springfield, Oregon, where he captains a number of ships and owns his own seafood restaurant, The Frying Dutchman. In his free time, he teaches sailing and operates the projector on movie nights at a local summer camp, runs “a small academy for lobsters,” and once captained the yacht of eccentric billionaire Artie Ziff. If we had to guess which Fiat best suited Mr. McCallister, we’d put our money on one of the trio of 500s the Italian marque showed off at the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California.
You see, the three 500s Fiat brought to California—a standard model, a cabrio, and an Abarth—are the closest things yet to the amphibious Fiats made famous by the brand’s commercial signifying its return to America. In fact, they’re actually personal watercraft with 500 body shells constructed around them. In addition to the PWCs-turned-Cinquecentos, Fiat also brought along its fantastically cool 500C Beach Cruiser that debuted at last year’s SEMA show.
Of course, Fiat isn’t the first manufacturer of quirky subcompacts to convert one of its offerings into a seagoing vessel. Mini grafted the body shell and accessories off one of its convertible models onto a boat and went for a pleasant cruise on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last fall. If we’re lucky, maybe we could stage a small regatta between the seagoing Fiats and Minis and call it The America’s Teacup. If either manufacturer is interested, we can recommend the name of a great captain.
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A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the identities and passwords of more than 700 fellow students at his San Diego-area university so he could rig a campus election.
The U.S. attorney’s office said Monday that former Cal State San Marcos student Matthew Weaver rigged the election so he could become student body president. He was one of two candidates for the position.
Weaver, of Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud, unauthorized access of a computer and identity theft.
He admits that he used small electronic devices that record a computer user’s keystrokes to steal 745 passwords.
Weaver says he used those stolen identities to cast about 630 votes for himself and for friends who also were on the ballot.
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
Wanting to offer some comfort to those affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy, a California woman named Liz Kosearas took to Reddit on Monday afternoon to see what she could do to lend a hand.
“I just wanted to show some small support so I offered to buy pizza for people who were housing stranded runners,” Kosearas, a 23-year-old IT administrator who lives in Huntington Beach, Calif., told The Huffington Post of her decision to post a message on the subreddit “Random Acts of Pizza.”
But while Kosearas was expecting to get a few requests for food from people in the Boston area, she said she never could have anticipated the massive outpouring of support she got from the Reddit community, many of whom offered help of their own.
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Pacific Premier Bancorp Named Top Performing Publicly Traded Community Bank in the United States by SNL Financial
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NAS: PPBI) (the “Company” or “Pacific Premier“), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank (the “Bank”), was named by SNL Financial as the number one performing publicly traded bank with assets between $500 million and $5.0 billion for 2012. In addition, the Bank was ranked as the second best performing community bank in the United States in SNL Financial’s 2012 annual ranking of the top 100 best performing banks. SNL Financial is a leading provider of news, data and analysis in the banking sector.
SNL Financial evaluated the 2012 financial performance of 765 community banks across the United States with total assets between $500 million and $5 billion. SNL Financial ranked the best performing community banks using six core financial performance metrics that focus on profitability, asset quality and growth for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2012.
“We are very pleased to be recognized by SNL Financial as a standout among community banks across the United States and the highest rated publicly traded community bank in the 2012 rankings,” said Steven R. Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Premier. “The ranking is a testament to the strong and efficient business model we have built, the attractive markets that we serve, and the passion and commitment of our entire organization to provide customers with a superior banking experience. We believe that we have the right formula for growing our franchise and we are excited about entering new markets and introducing new business lines in 2013. As we steadily increase our presence throughout Southern California, we believe that Pacific Premier Bank will continue to rank among the elite community banks in the nation.”
About Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
The Company owns all of the capital stock of the Bank. The Bank provides business and consumer banking products to its customers through our ten full-service depository branches in Southern California located in the cities of Huntington Beach, Irvine, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, San Bernardino and Seal Beach and one office in Dallas, Texas. For additional information about the Company, visit the Company’s website at www.ppbi.com.
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By Jason Evangelho, Contributor
The direct lever espresso machine came into existence around 1945 and is still in production today. Why? It’s one of the most feared and revered methods of brewing espresso, widely considered an art form requiring finesse and experience to brew the perfect shot. The Nomad — a new Kickstarter project from Huntington Beach based UniTerra — targets its appeal at both professional baristas and home hobbyists with an affordable, portable machine. …read more
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Emerald Advisers named Finalist for MMI’s 12 th Annual Public Pension Fund Awards for Excellence
LEOLA, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Emerald Advisers, Inc. has been named a finalist for Money Management Intelligence‘s 12th Annual Public Pension Fund Awards for Excellence. Money Management Intelligence is a publication of Institutional Investor, Inc. and Emerald is one of three managers from across all asset classes nominated for the “Emerging Manager of the Year” award. Winners in eleven categories will be announced at the awards ceremony on March 13, 2013 in Huntington Beach, CA.
The manager awards “recognize firms that have demonstrated an effort to deliver workable return-enhancing solutions to public pension fund investors, increase assets under management from retirement fund clients over the past year and deliver impressive performance or payout to investors.”
“We are proud to be nominated for this award as we continue to work on behalf of our public pension fund clients,” said president and chief investment officer Kenneth G. Mertz II, CFA. “Our key driver is the fundamental research-driven investment process that has been the cornerstone of our company for over two decades,” said Joseph E. Besecker, CEO and founder of parent company Emerald Asset Management.
Emerald’s nomination was highlighted in a January 4, 2013 article Money Management Intelligence article published at:
Emerald Advisers, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerald Asset Management, Inc.
Founded in 1991, Emerald Asset Management, Inc. is a diversified investment management company that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Emerald Advisers, Inc. and Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust. Emerald Advisers and PMG jointly own Emerald Fixed Income Advisers, LLC. Assets managed by these companies totaled over $2 billion as of December 31, 2012. “Driven by Research,” Emerald employs an intense fundamental, research-focused investment philosophy and focuses primarily on growth-oriented equity investing and high-quality disciplined fixed-income investing. Emerald’s new global headquarters are located in Leola, Pennsylvania with satellite offices in King of Prussia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Emerald Asset Management, Inc.
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Emerald Separate Account Management LLC
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