HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — California utility regulators this week approved JPMorgan Chase & Co’s transfer of tolling agreements (right to market energy for AES) at three power plants in Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Redondo Beach. Previously owned by SCE, the plants had been sold to AES, which operates them and sells back energy to [...]
Police Chief Kenneth Small (left) with Chris MacDonald, two-time recipient of the Mayor’s Award and local news columnist. Huntington Beach Police Chief Kenneth Small, after serving Surf City residents for more than a decade, is retiring. Small notified the city manager and city council that he planned to retire from the Huntington Beach Police Department. [...]
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH Fourth of July Executive Board announced that Huntington Beach resident Ralph Bauer will preside as Community Grand Marshal in the 109TH annual 4TH OF JULY Parade. For the past forty-six years, Bauer has generously served in a volunteer function on countless projects to help Surf Citians enjoy their fine destination. The [...]
National Professional Paintball League Tournament Series starts off on the beach in Huntington Beach, California and is a part of a North American Series that finishes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Teams from all over the country and globe make their annual trek to HB to compete for over $50,000 in cash and coveted series points. [...]
Wanna take a raucous ride? A new art exhibition from artist Ben Brough, an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, dives headlong into his vision of the divine symbolism of surf myths, pirate folklore and more. Children of the Wave runs April 18 – May 17, 2013 at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, 411 Olive [...]
Legendary Elaine Craft Honored at Arbor Day Tree Planting By Chris MacDonald Elaine Craft, who has read her poems about trees in honor of Arbor Day for 30 years, was recently honored by the Huntington Beach Tree Society, who planted an Oak Tree in her name at Bartlett Park, near the Newland House Barn. Elaine, [...]
Fascinating Surf Art Features Less as More By C. MacDonald “Minimal Surf” is a fascinating art exhibit that captures some famous surfer styles with few brushstrokes. You can see it now through February 19th at The International Surfing Museum, 411 Olive, in downtown Huntington Beach, CA. “I try to catch the unique style of a [...]
By C. MacDonald Huntington Beach, CA–Father Christian Mondor, “the Surfing Padre,” was honored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange recently for his passionate role in helping bring together surfers and others of all faiths to show their spiritual appreciation of the ocean at the annual “Blessing of the Waves.” The modest 87-year-old friar from [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF.–Orange County’s newest comedy club, conceived and run by comedians Bob Perkell and Jeff Capri, entered 2013 with their first birthday and welcoming of new management at Endless Food and Fun where the club hosts its weekly shows. “We built the club as a separate entity from the regular kid services offered at [...]
Bob McKnight (left), co-founder of Huntington Beach-based surf brand Quiksilver,with Pierrre Andre Senizergues, owner & CEO, etnies; and Joel Cooper, CEO, Lost International After years of growing Quiksilver, a Huntington Beach-based company, CEO Bob McKnight is stepping down, replaced by Andy Mooney, a former chairman of Disney Consumer products. McKnight started the company like so [...]
Ruby’s Diner on Seal Beach Pier has been like a long time friend. It’s a place to go and sip a warm cocoa on a cold winter day when the wind whips through the pier. On hot summer nights when the Wednesday free Seal Beach Concerts are held at the beach, Ruby’s sells great malts [...]
By Chris MacDonald There’s an amazing, unsung group of men and women volunteers, who come together each month in HB to share information and take action to improve the city they love. Chances are you’ve never heard of the HB Coordinating Council but it has been making a positive difference for nearly 45 years, making [...]
Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) finished up its season in Hawaii this past week with a new 2012 world champ, 31-year old Australian Joel Parkinson. 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) at Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii was held in in Memory of Andy Irons who died just over 2 years ago (Nov. 2, 2012) from [...]
150 People Celebrate the Holidays at Historic Newland House in Surf City By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer, HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist More than 150 people stepped back in time at the The Huntington Beach Historical Society’s Christmas Open House in the city’s oldest residence (1898) near Beach and Adams recently. The interior and exterior featured [...]
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