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Wings Over Bolsa Calendars Just Released for 2011

wingsover bolsa chicaPicture of bird at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve…not part of calendar image selection.

“Wings Over Bolsa” wall calendar produced by Bolsa Chica Land Trust is back in its 8th year of printing with full-color photos of the birds and wildlife at Bolsa Chica wetlands. Proceeds help with the Land Trust’s education efforts at Bolsa Chica.

September 1, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

Sertinos Coffee Cafe at The Strand in Huntington Beach is Open!

sertinos coffee cafeSertinos Coffee Cafe 150 5th Street, Huntington Beach, CA. Call: (714) 969-4888.

With the popularity of coffee drinks in downtown Huntington Beach it only makes sense that a city of 200,000 residents and millions of visitors is big enough to support another downtown coffee house serving the needs of coffee lovers. Delicious brews, a sandwich or two, croissants, pastries, bagels, and an atmosphere where you can comfortably check your email while on the road in Surf City are offered at a new shop just around the corner from the Main Street Starbucks.

September 1, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

Cell Towers –Not in My Huntington Beach Neighborhood! Say Residents

cell tower

Technology painted to blend into the building at Pierside Pavilion

People want their cell phones, but not cell towers. It’s the same everywhere. If you don’t have the latest techno-toy, and if your kids don’t personally own cell phones, you are NOT with the times. The trend is in giving up your land line and going strictly cell.  Yet the citizens of communities don’t want to look at cell towers next to their homes, and they don’t want to risk the potential effects of them. 

August 31, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

KROQ Comes to Surf City for Del Taco Promo

del tacoHuntington Beach, Calif.–Bright red tents in the parking lot of Del Taco at Springdale & Warner were set up by KROQ FM to honor the 39 cent taco promotion. Nate Chang with Del Taco corporate;  Janis Chavez, marketing director for local Del Taco; and “Beer Mug”, the traveling KROQ spokesperson for the Del Taco tour and appearing on Kevin & Bean radio program invited contestants to bob their heads in water to open the taco sauce packets for prizes, dance, jump, and have fun. 

August 30, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

HEH? Henry E. Huntington in Huntington Beach

Henry E. HuntingtonHuntington Beach, Calif.–Streams of calls come into the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce asking for Huntington Library. Anyone who answers a telephone in a California city with “Huntington” in the name quickly learns that visitors are seeking the Huntington Library & Gardens in San Marino. This estate offers a tour of the mansion in which Henry E. Huntington resided during his life. The beautiful acres of gardens, art gallery and library with significant collections such as the Gutenberg Bible, all are worth the visit to the Los Angeles attraction.

August 30, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

Pierside Gallery Gone – Havaianas are In the House in Huntington Beach

HavaianasPhoto: Brazilian clerk makes Havaianas shoes for an Italian customer in Huntington Beach, California.

“Why did you pick Huntington Beach? ” asked a Havaianas shopper, Barbara Steinberg from Sacramento. The Brazilian clerk who customized a pair of shoes for the first-time buyer said that Surf City provided the perfect place with  year-round warm climate to launch a brand that has been in existence in Brazil for over 40 years–long before the employee was born. The  shoes are sold in Nordstrom and other department stores, but Huntington Beach became part of Havaianas company timeline, making history as the first store to open in the U.S. in June 2010. Located in Pierside Pavilion at 300 Main Street next to Huntington Surf & Sport, Huntington Beach’s only downtown art gallery has been replaced and the management of the new shop says sales are exceeding expectations.   

August 30, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth Old News at Shorebreak Hotel in Surf City

beauty societyAs news about the break up of  Miley Cyrus and her Australian actor – boyfriend Liam Hemsworth fades after guests confirmed they saw him with a beautiful blonde at the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach during the U.S. Open of Surfing in August, the dust doesn’t settle much on this beach town and its trendy, new hotel. Girls ball teams poured into the beach-facing property with their athletic equipment this past weekend, while a bevy of women dressed in pink and wearing crowns stepped out on the town as part of a Diva convention sponsored by Beauty Society.

August 30, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

Free Orange County Concerts Say Goodbye

You still have a couple weeks remaining to catch the summer’s last free concerts before they fade till next year in July-August. Sadly, the free concert season is coming to a close. But before it does, here are a few venues where you can see the free concerts–and one where the concerts will continue even into the fall & winter in Huntington Beach & surrounding areas:

August 28, 2010 | Leave comment | Read More

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