Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and San Clemente are popular towns for surfers in Orange County, just south of Los Angeles.

BBC: Living in: Surfing regions

In the Middlefield case, dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington, owner of Cooperstown Holstein, is appealing the ruling of a state Supreme Court judge in Otsego County upholding the town's drilling ban.

WSJ: NY appeals court to consider local fracking bans

In their September primary, district Democrats chose Huntington Town Board member Steve Israel, a former Capitol Hill staffer, National Jewish Congress staffer, and Suffolk County assistant executive to be their standard bearer.

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