Danny Lopez of Chino Hills and Frances Pluma of Norwalk stroll on the pier in Huntington Beach in June 2020.(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer) BY MATT SZABOSTAFF WRITER | LATimes.comHuntington Beach City Council members on Tuesday night supported a new vision for a long-standing business on the iconic Huntington Beach Pier.Members voted 6-1, with Councilman [...]
Just six months after its mournful goodbye in February, Ruby’s Diner may be headed back to the Huntington Beach Pier – although with a much smaller presence. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) By SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING | [email protected] | Orange County Register Just six months after its mournful goodbye, Ruby’s Diner might be headed back to the Huntington [...]
By Hannah Towey | Yahoo News Forty-four freight ships are stuck awaiting entry into California's two largest ports, the highest number recorded since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Marine Exchange of Southern California reported on Saturday.The queue is a result of the labor shortage, COVID-19-related disruptions, and holiday-buying surges. Port of Los Angeles [...]
Hundreds of surfers form a circle near the end of the Huntington Beach Pier during a paddle-out for Rick, Rockin’ Fig, Fignetti on Saturday, August 28, 2021 in Huntington Beach. Fignetti of Huntington Beach was a surfer, surf shop owner, and voice of surfing for many years and died on July 16 of a heart [...]
Santa Barbara’s Ben Brewer captured the individual overall championship at the U.S. Lifesaving Association National Lifeguard Championships at South Padre Island, Texas. (Joel Gitelson photo) By Barry Punzal | Noozhawk Sports Editor | Noozhawk.com Santa Barbaran Ben Brewer established himself as one of the best ocean lifeguard competitors in the country.Brewer, a Santa Barbara High alum, was [...]
Competitors in the surfboat race crash through shore break waves during the California Surf Lifesaving Championships at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Your Content Goes Here By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Continue Reading >>>
Rick “Rockin Fig” Fignetti stands with his surfboard under the Huntington Beach Pier on July 16, 2013. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register The voice of surfing has gone silent.For decades, Rockin’ Fig’s distinct, upbeat voice echoed across the sand and surf and through radio waves, with play-by-plays over [...]
Kelly Slater, during a break, Friday in Lemoore, at the Jeep Surf Ranch Pro tournament, speaks about the upcoming Olympics in Japan. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) By ELLIOTT ALMOND | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group LEMOORE — An overheated day in the Central Valley found the greatest surfer in history walking barefoot around [...]
Aaron Pai, left, owner of Huntington Surf & Sport, looks on as Steve Wheat, father of well-known Huntington Beach surfer Casey Wheat, writes in wet cement during the Surfers’ Hall of Fame ceremony posthumously inducting his son, Casey Wheat, co-creator of the West Coast Board Riders Club, into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame on Friday [...]
A surfer walks past a massive 65-foot dead fin whale as it lays on the beach at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach on Thursday, May 20, 2021. It is believed to be the same whale that was struck by an Australian Navy ship last week and washed up late Wednesday, May 19 in [...]
