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Memories of the early lifeguareds at Seal Beach’S oceanfront

Earl Whittington was the only lifeguard in Seal Beach in the 1920s and into the early '40s. The Seymour family lived year round in...

Grand Marshals Chosen for 95th Founder’s Day Parade

A parade that will march down Electric Avenue on Sunday, Oct.10 will be celebrating the 95th Anniversary of Seal Beach with Kim and Steve...

The Ladies of the Evening are a Seal Beach volunteer group...

The Ladies of the Evening, or L.O.T.E., all started when most of the women involved could not attend the Seal Beach Junior Women’s Club...

Seal Beach Woman’s Club is one of the longest-running in Orange...

When the Woman’s Club was founded, there was a small meeting held in the home of Mrs. Washburn on September 14, 1923. Five officers were...

History of the Seal Beach airport (A.K.A. Crawford Field)

Don Stegen, a second generation Seal Beacher described the airport that once operated in Seal Beach. The airport was first called “Crawford Field,” named...

Marx Dressler was a teacher, principal and Seal Beach Schools superintendent

Teacher, principal and superintendent of the Seal Beach School District, Marx N. Dressler had a major impact on the young city of Seal Beach. Under...

Mysterious surf Sphinx found

When Blackie August’s beachfront house on Seal Beach  was remodeled, the man/woman sphinx that had sat on its roof for many years was thrown...

Sun Newspapers kicks off Seal beach’s 95th anniversary of incorporation

One of the beautiful things about Seal Beach is that there are as many stories as there are people who have breezed through its...

Seal Beach history to be unveiled in Founders Day events

Seal Beach is facing its 95th anniversary as an Orange County city. As one of the oldest cities in the county, it also has one...