Huntington Beach city officials on Sunday issued a warning to the public due to increased stingray activity along the shoreline in recent days.

Police responded to a shooting on Scenario Drive in Huntington Beach late Sunday night. This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Jan. 19, 2026.

Per Safe Beach Day, Huntington Beach uses a real-time “stingray activity” dial that changes when multiple stingray incidents are logged at a single lifeguard tower and shows color indicators along a beach map.

Officials in Huntington Beach are advising beachgoers to be wary of an uptick in stingray sightings. “Over the past week, multiple people have been stung, primarily in the

Michael Gates, the former Huntington Beach City Attorney who spent his tenure as a staunch antagonist to California's liberal politics, is running for state attorney general as part of a slate with Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.

“Based on interviews and evidence at the scene,” police arrested Robert Emery of Huntington Beach on suspicion of murder, Pham said. Whether the victim was found inside or outside the home was unclear. He was identified by the coroner as Tyquan Devone Maurice Rawlins, 35, of Long Beach.