CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY PARKS PASS ALLOWS FREE VEHICLE DAY USE ENTRY AT OVER 200 PARTICIPATING STATE PARKS UNITS.California State Parks and the California State Library today announced an additional opportunity to advance safe and equitable outdoor access to all Californians. Starting this week—National Library Week—California State Parks will be distributing the California State Library [...]

Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards will get a new headquarters following a final approval by the state Coastal Commission on March 9, 2022. (PHOTO BY: MINDY SCHAUER/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Construction of a $5 million building to give Newport Beach’s popular junior lifeguard program some breathing room is cleared to [...]

Griffin Colapinto, of San Clemente, wins the MEO Pro Portugal on March 7, 2022 in Peniche, Portugal, his first World Tour victory. (Photo by Thiago Diz/World Surf League) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register San Clemente surfer Griffin Colapinto earned his first World Tour win, a huge maiden victory battling against the [...]

In April, we’re inviting you to join our statewide clean-up with our friends at REI. With your help, we’re collecting litter and cleaning up the state in local parks, playgrounds, beaches, neighborhoods, and California state parks. You can participate anytime in April, no matter where you are in California!Sign up here to join, and [...]

Lifeguards will now be able to plug in real-time information for beachgoers to know trouble spots at the beach. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register A visit to the beach is meant to be a pleasant experience – but get nailed by a stingray or pulled out to sea [...]

The Ben Carlson Memorial & Scholarship Foundation was formed to leverage Ben Carlson's legacy through doing positive work in his memory. Taking into consideration the things that truly mattered to Ben, your donations will proudly support the following causes as the BCMSF Board of Advisors decides.Click here for more information.

Beth Leeds, of Laguna Beach, a longtime activist and environmentalist, stands next to the lifeguard tower on Main Beach in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Leeds was one of the people that helped save the lifeguard tower from destruction 50 years ago when the city removed the structures there to create the present [...]

A pod of four orcas were spotted off the Orange County coastline on Dec. 2, 2021, about four miles off Laguna Beach. (Photo courtesy of Lorannah Hespe/Danawharf.com) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterAt first glance, Dana Wharf captain Tommy White thought the marine mammals in the distance were dolphins, a regular sight off Orange County’s [...]

PT Townend shows off some historic wooden surfboards that are part of a new exhibit exploring California surf breaks and the history of how they were discovered at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County [...]

Emily Rowley, 20 takes a ride on a 15-foot chair board designed for adaptive surfing in Huntington Beach, CA on Friday, October 22, 2021. The board was developed by Rocky McKinnon, who runs McKinnon Surf & SUP Lessons. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register “I’ve [...]