Seal Beach

Irvine Joins Anaheim, Placentia and Buena Park in DUI Checkpointing Saturday Night

The Irvine Police Department just announced a DUI checkpoint Saturday night at Jamboree Road and Birch Street.This is the first of eight such ops the department has scheduled in coming months.

Eat This Now: Bleu Tenders at 320 Main

320 Main in Seal Beach rightfully gets praised in these pages again and again as OC's premier cocktail lab, a place where owner Jason Schiffer and his manager Dave Castillo dominate local competitors like the 1927 New York Yankees and give LA's bartenders not only a run for their money, but frequent ... More >>

One Battleship Opens on OC Screens While Another Heads for Waters Off Seal Beach

Peter Berg's $200 million alien action movie Battleship, which has already earned back $215 million internationally, opens nationwide today.But you can see a real battleship off Seal Beach.Without the aliens. Presumably.Oh, and that's three miles off Seal Beach.

Three New Restaurants Open In Huntington Beach

​There's a been a flurry of new restaurant activity in Surf City lately. I've noticed three to be exact. Here's a quick rundown:Pizza Lounge takes the place of a departed Beach Pit BBQ at 301 Main Street (Suite 107) and is the sister of the Pizza Lounge in Laguna Beach. Along with the usual sus ... More >>

Seal Beach Hair Salon Shooting: 5 Ways to Help

​Much attention has been focused on why the gunman killed eight people and wounded another in the worst mass shooting in Orange County history. Much less attention has been focused on the victims who were left behind. These are the hair stylists, other staffers and clients inside Salon Meritage in ... More >>

[UPDATED with Conviction:] John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Guilty of DUI Hit and Run of Cyclist

​UPDATE, SEPT. 6, 2:59 P.M.: Long Beach Fire Department Capt. John Hines pleaded guilty today to severely injuring a cyclist in a mid-day hit-and-run crash while driving with a blood alcohol level of .24 percent, three times the legal limit. The 38-year-old Huntington Beach resident accepted a co ... More >>

Poet Gerald Locklin Talks About How Lady Gaga is in his Reading Routine, the Bukowski Connection and OC as 'Sand Beach'

Henry Denander​Poetry readings are boring. And I'm not just saying that as a guy whose sole exposure to the genre was a force-feeding of Maya Angelou in community college. Nope, I actually read -- and try to write -- the stuff and even I think most of these gatherings are really great if you aresu ... More >>

A Slice of New York Pizza to Open Second Location

ProfessorSalt.comA Slice of NY Pizza's Seal Beach location​Huntington Harbour residents will soon have a new neighbor: Seal Beach's A Slice of New York Pizza will open its second location, next to Trader Joe's in the Huntington Harbour Mall. According to employee Eric Hodgin, the expected opening ... More >>

Jason Michael Elliott Accused of Giving 3 Women Sexed-Up Massages; More Victims Sought

​Authorities are seeking possible victims of a masseur who worked throughout Orange County and is facing charges of sexually assaulting three women while working at Massage Envy in Seal Beach. Jason Michael Elliott, 28, of Seal Beach, could get eight years and eight months in state prison if conv ... More >>

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[UPDATED with Arraignment:] John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Arrested for Felony Hit and Run

​UPDATE, MAY 3, 9:36 A.M.: Long Beach Fire Department Capt. John Hines turned himself in to an Orange County court this morning on a $250,000 arrest warrant and was to be arraigned immediately on felony drunken driving and hit-and-run charges that could keep him in state prison for nearly seven ye ... More >>

There's Something About 320 Main

Cameron Diaz eats at this Seal Beach stalwart, and so should you!

This Week In Food: New Forker, Taco Bell Fake-Beef Allegations and Hungry Monkeys Go Wild!

Flickr user Phillie Casablanca​The big story in the OC food world was the $5 million class-action lawsuit against Taco Bell alleging the chain sells fake beef, but other, better things happened this week. After the jump!

Yuzu Blossom at 320 Main, Our Drink of the Week

Tobin Sharp​This week's adventure found me at the popular Seal Beach watering hole, 320 Main, a place where the mixologists take the creation of cocktails very seriously.

Rx Bandits

House of Blues

[UPDATED:] Tustin, Cypress, La Habra, Costa Mesa, Dana Point and Garden Grove Hold DUI Checkpoints Tonight, a Bunch More Follow Through the Holidays

​Update, December 17, 2:46 p.m.: Irvine Police announce a DUI checkpoint for Saturday night (weather permitting). Details on next page.Update, December 17, 12:11 p.m.: Two more DUI checkpoints will be held tonight, in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.The Seal Beach operation runs from 6 tonight ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Bag a New Purse This Weekend in Seal Beach

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, make sure to check out the Seal Beach Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. While you're hanging out at the festival taking place near the pier, be sure not to miss Seal Beach artisan Seth Wegter's h ... More >>

Joshua Miller of 320 Main, Part Three

Photo by Meg Strouse​For our final installment of On The Line with Chef Joshua Miller of Seal Beach's 320 Main, the man shares a recipe. Missed the first or second part of our interview? Click here and here. Otherwise, read on.

Seal Beach, Saying Enough is Enough, Wants BP/ARCO to Remove Contaminated Soil

David Falconer/National Archives​After three decades of trying to end contamination from a gasoline station leak in Seal Beach, the City Council has voted to direct BP/ARCO to dig out the tainted soil.The company was asked 25 years ago to do something about the contamination at PCH and Fifth Stree ... More >>

Play Time!

[Summer Guide] From archery to volleyball, your alphabetical primer on getting off your butt this summer

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Bay Theater

To Do Tonight - 6/22

Club Ice, 7 p.m.Who says you can't go out clubbing on a school night? Check out this neon dance party for ages 14-19!Galaxy Concert Theatre, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, CA; 714-957-0600the RESISTANCE!, 8 p.m.Join in the fight! Music! Movies! Moron-a-Go-Go w/ Mr. Todd & Fiends! It will not ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 6/3

Film: Reservoir Dogs, 6 p.m.Quintin Tarrentino's classic tale of a bank robbery gone bad. It's bloody, violent, loud, full of cursing and the soundtrack is fabulous. Bay Theater - Seal Beach, 340 Main St., Seal Beach, CA; 562-431-9988The Underground Lounge, 10 p.m.As our fabulous Clubs Editor, Vick ... More >>

Shooby Dooby, It's a New Ruby's

At the Irvine Spectrum, according to this post here on the OC Metblogs. Personally, I've become re-acquainted with the chain's terrific burgers, ever since I moved to Seal Beach and can easily walk to the one at the end of the Seal Beach Pier.....

To Do Tonight 12/8

Film screening of A Hard Day's Night, 6 p.m.Beatles mania all over again.Bay Theater - Seal Beach, 340 Main St., Seal Beach, CA 562-431-9988Annual Xmas Party and Customer Appreciation Night, 9:30 p.m.Christmas time is here. Drinks and laughs and cheer.The Gypsy Lounge, 23600 Rockfield Blvd., Ste. 3 ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 7/25-7/27

Jack's Bad Monkey, Friday 9:30 p.m. Bring bananas. Harp Inn 130 E. 17th St. Costa Mesa CA 92627 949-646-8855 Whos Bad—the world's #1 Michael Jackson tribute band, Friday 8:00 p.m. The one-gloved wonders. House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim CA 92802 714-778-2583 Senior Patriots ... More >>

To Do Tonight 6/25

JOHN SOLONE’S TRIBUTE TO SINATRA, 6:30 p.m. Luck be a lady. Piccolino Ristorante Pizzeria 28731 Los Alisos Blvd., Ste. 3 Mission Viejo CA 92692 (949) 380-7261 SCREENING: ANNIE HALL, 8 p.m. The odd couple: Diane Keaton and Woody Allen Bay Theater - Seal Beach 340 Main Street (340 Main Street) Seal ... More >>

Club Guide

Club Guide

OC dance clubs, dive bars and music venues. Get off the couch already! You're getting fat

Grub Guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

The Beauty of Boerewors at the African Hut

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Grub Guide

Orange County's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

The county's best damn dining guide

Cazadores Straight Up

Mexicos best tequila woos American hearts, livers from Seal Beach

Best Politics, Art, and Outdoor Sports

Ground-Zero Grub

Drive-by dining when North Korea drops the big one

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Hidden Treasure

Cafe Lafayette worth looking for

Giving People What They Love

The Girl ranks OCs least annoying beaches

Little Dublin

Seal Beachs battle for the blarney heats up

Cinemafreaque

Dick Loderhose's immense organ keeps an era alive

Holy Mackerel!

We came, we saw seafood, we ate it, we left

There Goes Peter Cottontail

Leisure World declares war on wabbits

Guilty Pleasures

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