Huntington Beach, California "Huntington Beach"
Huntington Beach, California City of Huntington Beach Aerial view of Huntington Beach, Brookhurst Street & Pacific Coast Highway in April 2008.
Aerial view of Huntington Beach, Brookhurst Street & Pacific Coast Highway in April 2008.
Flag of Huntington Beach, California Flag Official seal of Huntington Beach, California Location of Huntington Beach inside Orange County, California.
Location of Huntington Beach inside Orange County, California.
Huntington Beach, California is positioned in the US Huntington Beach, California - Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside town/city in Orange County in Southern California.
The populace was 189,992 amid the 2010 census, making it the most crowded beach town/city in Orange County and the seventh most crowded city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim MSA. Its estimated 2014 populace was 200,809. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast.
Huntington Beach (locally initialized "HB") is known for its long 9.5-mile (15.3 km) stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture.
The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of open ocean swells around Santa Catalina Island. Swells generated dominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the summer focus on Huntington Beach, creating consistent surf all year long, hence the nickname "Surf City". 6.1 Surf and beaches The Huntington Beach Pier The chief thoroughfare of Huntington Beach, Beach Boulevard, was originally a cattle route for the chief industry of the Rancho.
Since its time as a parcel of the enormous Spanish territory grant, Huntington Beach has undergone many incarnations.
One time it was known as Shell Beach, the town of Smeltzer, and then Gospel Swamp for the revival meetings that were held in the marshland where the improve college Golden West College can presently be found.
In order to secure access to the Pacific Electric Red Car lines that used to criss-cross Los Angeles and ended in Long Beach, Pacific City ceded enormous power to barns magnate Henry E.
Huntington, and thus became a town/city whose name has been written into corporate sponsorship, and like much of the history of Southern California, boosterism.
The Huntington Beach pier was assembled in 1904 and was originally a 1,000 foot-long timber structure. Huntington Beach was incorporated on February 17, 1909 amid the tenure of its first mayor, Ed Manning.
Its initial developer was Huntington Beach Company (formerly the West Coast Land and Water Company), a real-estate evolution firm owned by Henry Huntington.
The Huntington Beach Company is still a primary land-owner in the city, and still owns most of the small-town mineral rights.
An interesting hiccup in the settlement of the precinct occurred when an encyclopedia business gave away no-charge parcels of land, with the purchase of a whole set for $126, in the Huntington Beach region that it had acquired cheaply. The lucky buyers got more than they had bargained for when petroleum was identified in the area, and enormous evolution of the petroleum reserves followed.
Huntington Beach was primarily agricultural in its early years with crops such as celery and sugar beets.
The city's first high school, Huntington Beach High School, positioned on Main Street, was assembled in 1906.
Meadowlark Airport, a small general aviation airport, existed in Huntington Beach from the 1940s until 1989.
Huntington Beach at sunset According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.9 square miles (82.6 km2).
The entire town/city of Huntington Beach lies in region codes 657 and 714, except for small parts of Huntington Harbour (along with Sunset Beach, the improve adjoining to Huntington Harbour), which is in the 562 Area Code.
Huntington Beach has a borderline semi-arid/Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification BSk/Csb).
Climate data for Huntington Beach, California Construction of any kind on the beach is prohibited without a vote of the citizens , allowing Huntington Beach to retain its natural connection to the ocean clean water having the view obstructed by residentiary and commercial developments.
Between Downtown Huntington Beach and Huntington Harbour lies a large marshy wetland, much of which is protected inside the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
South of Downtown, the Talbert, Brookhurst and Magnolia Marshes, which lie athwart the street from Huntington State Beach, had restoration instead of in 2010. The northern and southern beaches (Bolsa Chica State Beach and Huntington State Beach, in the order given) are state parks.
Only the central beach (Huntington City Beach) is maintained by the city.
Bolsa Chica State Beach is actually a sand bar fronting the Bolsa Bay and Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve.
The Orange County run Sunset Marina Park next to Huntington Harbour is part of Anaheim Bay. It is suitable for light craft, and includes a marina, launching ramp, basic services, a picnic region and a several restaurants.
The park is in Seal Beach, but is only reachable from Huntington Harbour.
The harbor entrance for Anaheim Bay is sometimes restricted by the United States Navy, which loads ships with munitions at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to the north of the chief channel.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Huntington Beach had a populace of 189,992.
The ethnic makeup of Huntington Beach was 145,661 (76.7%) White, 1,813 (1.0%) African American, 992 (0.5%) Native American, 21,070 (11.1%) Asian, 635 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 11,193 (5.9%) from other competitions, and 8,628 (4.5%) from two or more competitions.
During 2009 2013, Huntington Beach had a median homehold income of $81,389, with 8.9% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. Huntington Beach sits above a large natural fault structure including oil.
Other shopping centers include Bella Terra, assembled on the former Huntington Center site, Pacific City which opened in 2015, and Old World Village, a German-themed center. Huntington Beach has an off-shore petroleum terminus for the tankers that support the Alaska Pipeline.
Huntington Beach also has the Gothard-Talbert end for the Orange County portion of the pipeline running from the Chevron El Segundo refinery.
Several hotels have been constructed on the inland side of Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) inside view of the beach, just southeast of the pier.
Huntington Beach contains a small industrialized precinct in its northwest corner, near the borders with Westminster and Seal Beach.
Huntington Beach contains a primary installation of Boeing, formerly Mc - Donnell-Douglas.
Huntington Beach is also home to the command posts of Cambro Manufacturing, an global foodservice equipment company, with two manufacturing facilities in the city.
While Huntington Beach retains its 15-year trademark of Surf City Huntington Beach, the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau filed four applications to register the "Surf City USA" trademark in November 2004.
The idea was to market the town/city by creating an authentic brand based on Southern California's beach culture and active outside lifestyle while at the same time creating a family of product licensees who operate like a charter family producing a revenue stream that could also be dedicated to promoting the brand and city.
Patent and Trademark Office released on May 12, 2006 awarded three trademark registrations to the Bureau; nine additional trademark registrations have been granted since this time and ten other Surf City USA trademarks are now under consideration. One of the first products the Bureau advanced to promote its brand was the Surf City USA Beach Cruiser by Felt Bicycles in 2006.
An ongoing dispute between Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz, California over the trademark garnered nationwide publicity in 2007 when a law firm representing Huntington Beach sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Santa Cruz T-shirt vendor. A settlement was reached in January, 2008, which allows the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau to retain the trademark. Downtown Huntington Beach The Huntington Beach Pier stretches from Main Street into the Pacific Ocean.
A newer version of The Surf Theatre is now closed, but the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum has preserved its memory with ongoing screenings of surfing movies once shown at a Huntington Beach theater and the initial metal SURF sign.
Another surfing-related attraction in Huntington Beach is the Surfing Walk of Fame. According to Huntington Beach's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 5 Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach 641 7 Huntington Beach Hospital 527 Many of the affairs at Huntington Beach are concentrated around the beach amid the summer.
Huntington Beach is a stop on the AVP beach volleyball tour.
A biathlon (swim/run) hosted by the Bolsa Chica & Huntington State Beach Lifeguards takes place in July, early at dawn.
The race begins at the Santa Ana River Jetties and ends at Warner Avenue, Bolsa Chica State Beach.
Huntington Beach Junior Lifeguard day camps are held which teaches pre-adolescents and adolescents ocean swimming, running, and first-aid medical knowledge.
The inaugural Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow, featuring the Breitling Jet Team and the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, was held October 21 23, 2016. In February of each year since 1996, the Surf City USA marathon is held with over 20,000 runners. The annual Kite Festival is held just north of the pier in late February.
Huntington Beach hosts car shows such as the Beachcruiser Meet and a Concours d'Elegance.
Surf City Nights and the Downtown Huntington Beach Art Walk are presented by the Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District (HBDBID) and the City of Huntington Beach.
The Tuesday evening Surf City Nights event takes place in the first three blocks of Main Street from Pacific Coast Highway to Orange Avenue.
Surfers abound near Huntington City Pier Huntington Beach amid the day.
Huntington Beach is the site of the world surfing championships, held in the summer every year.
The town/city is often referred to as "Surf City" because of this high-profile event, its history and culture of surfing.
Huntington Beach's Ocean View Little League won the 2011 Little League World Series championship, beating Japan 2-1.
George Freeth was the first person to surf in Huntington Beach with a demonstration on June 20, 1914.
Duke Kahanamoku started surfing in Huntington Beach in 1925 and helped popularize the sport.
The first surfboard shop, which was positioned underneath the Huntington Beach Pier, opened in 1956 by Gordie Duane. Apart from sponsored surf affairs, Huntington Beach has some of the best surf breaks in the State of California and that of the United States.
Huntington Beach has four different facing beaches: Northwest, West, Southwest, and South.
Northwest consists of Bolsa Chica State Beach with a length of 3.3 miles (5.3 km), the West consist of "The Cliffs" or "Dog Beach", Southwest is considered everything north of the pier which is directed by the City of Huntington Beach.
South consists in everything south of the pier which primarily focuses on Huntington State Beach (2.2 Miles), which almost faces true South.
Bolsa Chica State Beach is directed by the State of California, Dept.
Parks & Recreation, and the Bolsa Chica State Beach Lifeguards.
The beach is very narrow and the sand is very coarse.
During the summer months the beach picks up south/southwest swells at a very steep angle.
Due to the bottom of the beach, surf at Bolsa Chica tends to be slowed down and refined to soft shoulders.
"The Cliffs" or "Dog Beach" is also another prominent surf spot.
This segment of Huntington Beach obtains these names because dogs are allowed around the cliff area.
Beach is very restricted and often is submerged with high tides.
Just north and south of the Huntington Beach Pier are some well defined sandbars that shift throughout the year with the different swells.
South Huntington Beach, also known as Huntington State Beach, is where all the south swells impact the coastline.
Huntington State Beach is directed by the State of California, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Huntington State Beach Lifeguards. This beach is very wide with plenty of sand.
Due to the Santa Ana River jetties positioned at the southernmost end of the beach, large sandbars extend athwart and upcoast, forcing swells to break extremely fast and hollow.
Best seasons for surfing at this beach is the summer and fall.
Huntington Beach is also a prominent destination for kite surfing, and this sport can be viewed on the beach northwest of the pier.
Huntington Beach is the host town/city of the National Professional Paintball League Super 7 Paintball Championships.
Huntington Beach also hosts the annual Surf City USA Marathon and Half-Marathon, which is usually held on the first Sunday of February.
Huntington Beach has a large central park, known as Huntington Central Park.
Dedicated on June 15, 1974, Huntington Central Park is the biggest city owned park in Orange County with nearly 350 acres (140 ha). The park is vegetated with xeric (low water use) plants, and inhabited by native wildlife.
Huntington Central Park The Huntington Beach Public Library is positioned in Central Park in a notable building designed by Richard Neutra and Dion Neutra.
The park is also home of Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center, a top class boarding facility that also offers horse rentals to the public, with guided trail rides through the park.
The following table shows the current and past mayors of Huntington Beach: According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $295.6 million in revenues, $287.7 million in expenditures, $1,046.6 million in total assets, $202.8 million in total liabilities, and $87.1 million in cash and investments. In the California State Senate, Huntington Beach is in the 37th Senate District, represented by Republican John Moorlach.
In the United States House of Representatives, Huntington Beach is in California's 48th congressional district, represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher. Huntington Beach is the home of Golden West College, which offers two-year associates of arts degrees and transfer programs to four-year universities.
Huntington Beach is in the Huntington Beach Union High School District, which includes Edison High School, Huntington Beach High School, Marina High School, and Ocean View High School in the town/city of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley High School in the town/city of Fountain Valley, and Westminster High School in the town/city of Westminster.
Huntington Beach High School, which is the district's flagship school, jubilated its 100-year anniversary in 2006.
The town/city has four elementary school districts: Huntington Beach City School District with 9 schools and Ocean View School District with 15.
A small part of the town/city is also served by the Fountain Valley School District and Westminster School District.
Huntington Beach is also home to The Pegasus School, a nationally recognized blue ribbon school.
Huntington Christian School is a private K-8 school in the town/city Lycee International de Los Angeles previously had its Orange County ground in Huntington Beach. The town/city was featured in the Tru - TV series Ocean Force: Huntington Beach.
Also, the town/city is mentioned in the Beach Boys song Surfin' Safari, in Jan and Dean's Surf Route 101 and in Surfer Joe by The Surfaris.
Live cameras are set up at the Huntington Beach Pier and shown on screens at the California-themed Hollister apparel stores.
Two weekly newspapers cover Huntington Beach: The Huntington Beach Independent and The Wave Section of The Orange County Register. Amy Grabow interval up in Huntington Beach and attended the Academy for the Performing Arts. Jack Kelly, most noted for the part of Bart Maverick on the Maverick TV series; amid the 1980s and early 1990s, he served as town/city councilman and mayor in Huntington Beach. Jason Lee, actor, title character in TV series My Name is Earl, interval up in Huntington Beach and attended Ocean View High School. Huntington Beach is the home to pro skateboarders Christian Hosoi, Geoff Rowley, Arto Saari, Tosh Townend, Mark Appleyard, Brian Sumner, Ed Templeton, and Nyjah Huston. It is home of different martial artists: Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz, Kimo Leopoldo, Tank Abbott and James Irvin. Collin Balester, baseball player, attended Huntington Beach High School Hank Conger, baseball player, attended Huntington Beach High School.
Bill Green, former United States record holder in track and field, 5th in the hammer throw in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, lives in Huntington Beach Tony Gonzalez, formerly of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, attended Huntington Beach High School. Jeff Kent, retired baseball player and recipient of baseball's 2000 National League MVP award, was raised in Huntington Beach and attended Edison High School. Scott Lipsky, experienced tennis player, lives in Huntington Beach.
David Martin, experienced tennis player, lives in Huntington Beach.
Cherokee Parks, basketball player, was born in Huntington Beach and attended Marina High School. Lead guitarist Synyster Gates has said he appreciates nothing more than cruising Huntington Beach on his chopper. Former drummer The Rev was buried here following his death.
Dexter Holland from The Offspring lived in Huntington Beach. Dean Torrence, from the 1960s pop group Jan and Dean, who co-wrote "Surf City" (#1 in 1963), said that Huntington Beach embodies the song's spirit of freedom and California fun. (Hed) P.E., a punk rock/hip hop group, was formed in Huntington Beach.
Alien Ant Farm lead singer Dryden Mitchell resides in Huntington Beach.
Hellogoodbye was formed in Huntington Beach in 2001. The alternative/pop band Emblem3 moved to Huntington Beach to pursue their musical career. Beau Bokan, American singer for metal band blessthefall was born in Huntington Beach.
Buckethead, American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist was born in Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach Police Department MD520 - N helicopter Fire protection in Huntington Beach is provided by the Huntington Beach Fire Department.
Law enforcement is provided by the Huntington Beach Police Department.
Huntington Beach Marine Safety Officers and its cyclic lifeguards are recognized as some of the best in the world with a top notch safety record.
Emergency services are also provided at State Beach locations.
Peace Officers and lifeguards can be found at Bolsa Chica and Huntington State Beach.
Parks & Recreation - Confusing; beginning of this sentence implies that the town/city is responsible for state beach law enforcement & lifeguard duties.
The southern oceanic end of this delta is now a settled region of Huntington Beach.
Since it is a seaside city, Huntington Beach has had tsunami warnings, storm surge (its pier has been rebuilt three times), sewage spills, tornadoes and waterspouts.
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