Seal Beach Daily

Seal Beach Daily signs off with thanks

kate — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:47:38 +0000

As we announced earlier this month, today is the last day for new postings at Seal Beach Daily. Donna and I send our warmest thanks to our community and our advertisers for making this an extraordinary year. The site will remain available for a few weeks without updates. Our comment features will be closed. We’d like [...]

Holiday Lights: SB tree, Rossmoor contest

kate — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:08:37 +0000

Chamber of Commerce President Seth Eaker writes to say that Seal Beach’s second annual tree-lighting event was “a resounding success.” More than 250 people gathered on Friday evening to enjoy hot chocolate, cookies and community. Local businesses donated food, trees and other holiday displays and Santa arrived via firetruck. The tree can be seen throughout [...]

Seal Beach Radar: Tree lighting, space watch, solar news, kids cleanup, coupons

kate — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:28:24 +0000

The Holiday Tree Lighting is at 4 p.m. today at the Seal Beach Pier. On Twitter, @sbchamber previews it this way: “Santa will be there! Hot chocolate and cookies! Snow! SHOP LOCAL on Black Friday!” Brightest Space Station flyover today LBReport tips us to a great opportunity to see the International Space Station as it hurdles [...]

Man arrested at Sunset Aquatic Center with loaded weapon, pipe bomb

kate — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:16:05 +0000

Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man Thursday afternoon at the Sunset Aquatic Centern boat launch area for carrying a loaded gun and having a pipe bomb in his car. The man, identified as Stephen Michael Batick, was taken into custody and the bomb squad detonated the explosive device. Details at ocregister.com.

Seal Beach finally gets a new map

donna — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:31:59 +0000

City Manager David Carmany sends word that the newly-designed 2009 Seal Beach map, which replaces the city’s antiquated 1980 visitor’s map, is now available: This is a joint project of the City and the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce. A total of 22,000 maps were printed, with the Chamber taking half for distribution at the [...]

Lansner’s Zippy Rankings: Los Alamitos is OCs hottest real estate market, SB is #10

kate — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:51:50 +0000

The Los Alamitos/Rossmoor 90720 zip code took the number one spot in the OC Register’s third quarter “Zippy” real estate market-performance rankings. That’s up from its 27th place ranking in the previous quarter. Seal Beach is in the number ten spot, down from its first place ranking in Q2. In the ranking system developed by Register [...]

T-Day Tuesday news and notes: Free dinner, pies fly, John Wayne traffic, weather forecast

kate — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Fresh and local for the Thanksgiving table The Seal Beach Farmers market continues until 1 p.m. today at the Seal Beach Village shopping center, at Westminster Avenue and Seal Beach Boulevard. Seventy-six have already RSVP’d for the 30th Annual Seal Beach Thanksgiving Dinner, according to SeaCoast Grace Seal Beach Pastor Bryan Hardwick. The free dinner is [...]

New bus cuts include Seal Beach route

kate — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:50:17 +0000

The Orange County Transit Authority will eliminate bus routes — including the Seal Beach to Westminster Route 164 — in a new round of service cuts aimed at making budget ends meet, according to the Orange County Register. Since September 2008, including today’s cuts, the OCTA Board has reduced bus service hours by 20 percent, the [...]

Thanksgiving kickoff: Kids Save the Beach

kate — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:20:02 +0000

On Wednesday, Save Our Beach, This is Me – A Kid’s First Keepsake Journal and just-spotted.com have joined forces to give a big thank you for our beautiful OC beaches with the first-ever Kids Save the Beach Family Beach Cleanup. As with all our Save Our Beach Cleanups, everything is provided (free parking passes, garbage [...]

Reader pix: Stuck at River’s End

kate — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58:50 +0000

Reader Irena Guilmette sent us this photo of a sailboat stuck on a sandbar at Seal Beach River Jetty on Sunday evening. She writes that the Harbor Patrol and Seal Beach Lifeguards attempted to rescue the boat before low tide at 7 pm. Thanks Irena.