California Beaches Blog

It’s a beautiful day in California. Tis the season of celebrating on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, when you can get in the zone or join in the spirit with many holiday shopping, dining and entertainment events throughout the Golden State. Ranging from what was formerly a poinsettia festival in Encinitas and is now called Fall [...]

Huntington Beach, CA — Huntington Beach Ambassador Chris MacDonald has created his own stimulous package to help businsses rebound by offering local residents discounts on everything from restaurants, clothing, fishing trips, kites, sports cards and haircuts to books, artwork, ice cream, cakes, auto and shoe repair.
“I want Surf City businesses to succeed and our residents [...]

Southern California Travel –Are you hitting the skies like 1.49 million passengers passing through Los Angeles / Ontario International Airports this Thanksgiving 2009? The busiest days at each airport are expected to be Friday, Nov. 20; Wednesday, Nov. 25; and Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, with airlines forecasting passenger load factors approaching 80 percent on most [...]

Painting above features beach girls themes by Bill Anderson of Anderson Art Gallery, Sunset Beach, CA. This original is not the “Beach Girls” painting by Gregory Kondos that recently sold at auction, but is part of a series of themed paintings that portray the beach lifestyle by another renown California artist.
Los Angeles, CA– It’s nice [...]

Santa Cruz–Santa Cruz may love its surfing near Natural Bridges State Beach, but it also loves its Monarch butterflies.  The beautiful creatures that live only a short time,  are recognized for their brilliant orange wings that look like stained glass patterns.  These migrating creatures offer a window into the health of the planet and its [...]

Newport Beach, Calif. — The annual Newport Beach tree lighting event that lights up the sky in Fashion Island occurs annually in November, and greets customers, shoppers, kids, adults and curious folks to the Tree Lighting Ceremony of what’s claimed to be the nation’s tallest tree. How this tree is constructed is a story unto [...]

Flips flops have been around in one form or another for 6,000 years or so. There are depictions of flip flops in Egyptian murals on tombs and temples dating from around 4,000 B.C.  Those shoes were made of a variety of materials locally available such as papyrus and palm leaves. In other countries around the [...]

Before you enter the Pacific Ocean, do you know what you are stepping into? Most people don’t. Reporters interviewing beach attendees have shown time after time that even when there are postings at a closed beach, the warning signs are hard to see and visitors continue to swim and play. And, when beaches get an [...]

Balboa Island Museum Archive Committee in Newport Beach, CA
Balboa Island, California–Thanks to a new committee of volunteers at the Balboa Island Historical Museum, the region is on its way to expertly preserving photos, newspaper articles, and important artifacts of the man-made island’s history, one document at a time. The museum overlooking the Newport Harbor recently [...]

Huntington Beach, CA — In a good news / bad news scenario, Huntington Beach city council members voted to raise parking fees, now charging its own residents $150 to park at the beach with an annual pass, or pay $15 each day to park. Things could have been worse. The city staff under advisement of [...]