Seal Beach

Hikers make their way along the Devil’s Backbone Trail near Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. (File photo)

Seal Beach man who died in Mt. Baldy fall was home for the holidays, freshman at Santa Clara University

By Ruby Gonzales

December 31, 2025 at 8:18 p.m.

The two other men found dead near the victim have not been identified yet.

New Years Eve revelers celebrate during the Annual New Year’s Eve Orange Drop in downtown Redlands on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. The Orange Drop happened at 9 p.m. so families with children could attend. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Free fun things to do on New Year’s Eve in Southern California

By Marla Jo Fisher

December 30, 2025 at 12:52 p.m.

Want to ring in the new year without spending a fortune? Here are our best...

Benjamin Wayne Watta sits in the Santa Ana courthouse with his legal counsel on Jan. 20, 2009. (File photo by Joshua Suddock, Orange County Register)

Man sentenced to death for OC killing in 1980 dies in prison

By Sierra van der Brug

December 26, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

Benjamin Watta was convicted of killing Simone Sharpe in Seal Beach.

The Seal Beach home, center, recently sold off-market for over $6.4 million, setting a record for the guard-gated Surfside Colony.(Photo by Deason Media)

Surfside home sells off-market for a neighborhood record of $6.4M-plus

By Sandra Barrera

December 19, 2025 at 8:07 a.m.

The newly renovated house is larger than the beachfront property six doors down, which sold...

The Reyngold family lights the shamash during the annual pre-Hanukkah Menorah Lighting ceremony in Seal Beach on Sunday, December, 7, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Menorah lights the night at the Seal Beach Pier ahead of Hanukkah

By Heather McRea

December 8, 2025 at 2:23 p.m.

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, begins the evening of Dec 14, continuing through Dec. 22.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Garcia will seek reelection next year in a district that will look vastly different than today due to redistricting. If reelected, the liberal progressive would represent communities in Orange County that are more conservative than he’s used to representing. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach could represent conservative Orange County cities if reelected

By Linh Tat

December 5, 2025 at 2:03 a.m.

The new 42nd Congressional District will include OC communities of Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and...

FILE – A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

$90 million tax fraud relied in part on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

By City News Service

November 24, 2025 at 1:41 p.m.

Defendants from across Southern California allegedly siphoned the money via staffing companies that employed temporary...

Harry Kartinen works to clean trash off the beach near the mouth of the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach, CA, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Kartinen, a former Long Beach police officer, said he’s been picking up trash off the sand every week for the past 11 years. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

After dry summer, weekend of rain dumps trash on Seal Beach as county explores solutions to stop the cycle

By Claire Wang

November 17, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

State and local officials are working on preventing debris from flowing into the ocean. One...

Baker Karlo Evaristo recently held a soft opening at 61 Hundred Bread in Santa Ana, CA. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The best bakeries in Orange County right now

By Brock Keeling

November 14, 2025 at 1:56 p.m.

This guide details some of the best-of-the-best bakeries to help plan your Thanksgiving and Christmas...

A cyclist rides through sand and debris along oceanfront homes in Seal Beach, CA on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. High tides and swell combined to cause flooding in some areas along the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Capistrano Beach, Seal Beach flood as high tide, big surf combine at the coast

By Laylan Connelly

November 7, 2025 at 12:27 p.m.

Beach towns were bracing for the big waves and big tides, building berms to protect...

Devon Beebe, a Long Beach Marine Safety Officer, receives a Medal of Valor for her role in responding to a deadly boat accident in Alamitos Bay Channel during a California Surf Lifesaving Association ceremony at the Women’s Club of Laguna Beach on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Lifeguards receive Medal of Valor, Heroic Act awards for rescues along the coast

By Laylan Connelly

October 11, 2025 at 8:07 a.m.

Several people are alive thanks to the quick thinking of lifeguards who jumped into action...

Walt’s Wharf in Seal Beach, CA, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. A Seal Beach institution for more than 50 years, Walt’s Wharf, founded by Mona and Walter Babcock, shut its door in January 2024 after a fire damaged the circa-1920s building. Now, 19 months and one major renovation later, the Main Street staple is back in business. According to restaurant manager Jennifer Thomas, Walt’s Wharf quietly reopened its doors on Tuesday, Sept. 2. She said the iconic venue underwent “a full renovation from top to bottom,” adding that “the new infrastructure is great, and we updated the layout” of the restaurant. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Seal Beach staple Walt’s Wharf reopens

By Brock Keeling

September 11, 2025 at 5:17 p.m.

Nineteen months and one major renovation later, the Main Street staple is back in business.

The Water Tower House recently hit the market for $5.5 million. (Photo by Mike Dew at TourFactory)

Seal Beach’s Water Tower House, a relic of 1890s ingenuity, lists for $5.5M

By Sandra Barrera

July 16, 2025 at 10:06 a.m.

The tower, built around 1892, originally supplied water to steam engines that traveled along the...