By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer, The Local News Columnist Two Huntington Beach residents–Famous Diving Coach Debby McCormack and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medal Diver Dr. Sammy Lee– sent in the clowns, Olympians and young athletes, that made a wet and wild fundraiser very successful at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool recently. An amazing performance recently helped raise funds [...]
By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer, HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist The Huntington Beach City Council has approved the selection of long-time restaurateur Kathy May to be the new tenant at the former Alice’s Breakfast in the Park at Lake Huntington, 6622 Lakeview Drive. Kathy May’s Lakeview Cafe should open in early 2012 after several renovations, including [...]
Some news reports have called it a mansion. The former Bell city manager, Robert Rizzo, has his home on the market and the asking price for this spacious 3,250 square-foot home near City Hall is published as $949,000. Whether you consider it a mansion or not, the house is one of the finest homes in [...]
Pictured is actress Gillian Zinser at Bolsa Chica State Beach. She plays a young California surfer named Ivy Sullivan on 90210. In February 2010, she was signed as a regular cast member for the show. The glitz and glamour of Hollywood graced beautiful Bolsa Chica State Beach recently as a television episode of “90210″ was [...]
The Economic Development Department of the City of Huntington Beach wants to change the traffic patterns on the first block of Main so people can no longer depart downtown to Pacific Coast Highway from Main Street. Instead, they are proposing to make the traffic head inland on Main for the first block , making it [...]
By C. MacDonald One of my greatest restaurant finds ever is PHOTASTIC Soup & Sandwiches, on Brookhurst, just south of Garfield, in Huntington Beach. It’s a delicious Vietnamese eatery that specializes in fresh, clean, quality food cooked from the recipes of the Tran Family’s grandmother and mother. Nearly everything–from their sauces and marinades to their [...]
By Chris MacDonald Jean Nagy, president of the HB Tree Society, and Leslie Gilson, Restoration Coordinator at Gibbs Butterfly Park, recently surprised me by adopting, in my name, a beautiful lemon-scented gum Eucalyptus tree at the park (named for our city’s first woman mayor, the legendary Norma Brandel Gibbs), 16641 Graham Street, across from Meadowlark [...]
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