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It was an argument of public safety and health versus supporting struggling school programs and freedom of choice as City Council members weighed whether to allow fireworks again in Huntington Beach.

Crews responded to a possible drowning in the 16700 block of Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach about 3:15 p.m., said Bob Culhane, a deputy fire marshal with the Huntington Beach Fire Department.

THE BEST OF THE REST: When we kicked off the What's Hot! Best Pastrami in Long Beach polling last week, we got an email from someone, probably an Easterner, who said he'd be surprised if we got even one response, such, he figured, was the dearth of good pastrami places in our beloved home town.

A Newport Beach partnership has purchased one of the Long Beach buildings that housed Jesse James' West Coast Choppers, where the reality show star built his customized motor bikes, the Long Beach Press Telegram has reported.