Richard Altamirano is carried by volunteers while learning to surf in Huntington Beach, on Saturday, September 9, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)  By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register It didn’t matter that Otis Hopson is legally blind, the result of an injury sustained serving in the [...]
Rendering of proposed Jr. Lifeguard headquarters By : Victoria Kertz | Newport Beach Indy  The Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards need a new home. Now in its 33rd year, the seven-week summer program teaches ocean safety and swimming to children ages nine through fifteen. It is so popular that the city runs both a [...]
A lifeguard transports a Green Sea Turtle back to the ocean after it was caught off Huntington Beach Pier. (Courtesy HB Lifeguards) Â By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register A rare sea turtle was caught by a fisherman late Sunday, Aug. 27, off the Huntington Beach Pier, and after it [...]
Orange County Fire Authority firefighter/paramedics respond to reports of an 85-year-old woman who drowned in her backyard pool in Placentia early Sunday. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service) By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | [email protected] | Orange County Register  Orange County firefighter paramedics responded to one drowning and six near-drownings in less than [...]
Locals kids between the ages of 8 and 16 took part in the California State Parks North Coast Junior Lifeguards program to learn basic CPR, life saving and beach rescue techniques and improve their swimming skills this summer. California State parks North Coast Junior Lifeguards — Contributed By Hunter Cresswell, [email protected] From Times [...]
A Gray whale is seen in Dana Point Harbor during Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. (Photo courtesy dolphin safari.com) By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | [email protected] | Orange County Register DANA POINT — A juvenile gray whale that led stand-up paddle boarders, kayakers and the [...]
Tim Burdiak, front, and Tyler Morgan, power through waves during the Ocean Festival dory boat competition in the San Clemente on Saturday, July 15, 2017. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register The 300-pound boat was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. [...]
The California Surf Life Saving Association (CSLSA) 2017 Junior Lifeguard Annual Contest CONTEST: Create a logo for the CSLSA Junior Lifeguards. NOTE: All HSBJLA members are CSLSA and USLA members RULES: CSLSA Junior Lifeguard member participants are encouraged to create a logo that they feel best represents the core values of the JG experience. Entries [...]
Surfers honored wetsuit pioneer Jack O'Neill with a paddleout Sunday at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. - Photo: Sheila Rad / SFGATE By Amy Larson, KSBW - SFGATE Thousands of surfers paddled out for wetsuit pioneer Jack O'Neill at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz Sunday. Their purpose was to honor and remember the surfing [...]
Don't Miss The Newly Released Disney Blockbuster Movie, "Beauty And The Beast" This Saturday At BeachFront Cinema! Not Only Will BeachFront Cinema Be Showing The Movie, They're Giving You The Opportunity To Meet And Take Photos With Belle and The Beast! Arrive Early To Say Hi To Your Favorite Characters. Gates open at 5pm. Reserve [...]
