Crystal Cove State Beach in Newport Beach in March 2020. A Pacific footballfish, a type of anglerfish that typically lives thousands of feet underwater, washed ashore at the beach last week. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) By FAITH E. PINHO | STAFF WRITER | LA Times In the animated film “Finding Nemo,” a stealthy anglerfish gaped silently at [...]
Kumaka Jensen, who has spina bifida, is the first to use a Mobi-Mat in Huntington Beach, CA on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The mat is a nylon mesh that lies on the sand and keeps devices like wheelchairs from sinking into the sand.(Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register There’s [...]
The sand is chomped away in Newport Beach after a storm causes erosion. Officials in northern Orange County coastal towns are wondering why the federal government hasn’t been able to fund projects to keep the beaches sandy. (File photo: SAM GANGWER/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Sea-level rise is often pointed to as [...]
Grunion are running this week on local beaches, showing up in big numbers on April 13, 2021 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point. The interesting phenomenon happens during high tide at evening hours. (Photo courtesy of Nona Reimer) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register All eyes stared out toward the dark [...]
Huntington Beach surfer Casey Wheat will be remembered and honored during a special Surfers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Photo courtesy of caseywheat.com/tribute) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Well-known Huntington Beach surfer Casey Wheat was all about community – especially the tribe in the waters who shared his passion for the [...]
The Newport Beach junior lifeguard program draws an estimated 1,350 participants each year, who could be in a new building by summer 2023. (MINDY SCHAUER, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register Newport Beach officials approved plans for a $4.9 million building near the Balboa Pier for the city’s junior lifeguard program, [...]
Ambassadors for San Clemente based Tandem Boogie demonstrate the company’s tandem boogie board, which will make an appearance on an upcoming episode of Shark Tank, as they ride a wave side-by-side at T-Street Beach on Friday, March 5, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register The Tandem Boogie slogan is [...]
Scenes from a U.S. Coast Guard flyover (Photos: from video by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Richard Brahm) By Greg Miller, Senior Editor | freightwaves.com Newly released U.S. Coast Guard video offers visceral proof of just how extreme the congestion has become at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The new view [...]
Ruby’s Diner has sat has sat at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier since 1993. It permanently closes on Friday, Feb. 26. By SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING | [email protected] | Orange County Register A fixture on the tip of the Huntington Beach Pier for a quarter of a century, Ruby’s Diner will close its doors permanently on Friday, Feb. [...]
