Seal Beach News

The world may think of Cameron Diaz as a high-spirited, funny and even goofy actress, but the director of "The Notebook" knew instinctively that Diaz would be perfect to play the mother of a child dying of cancer in his latest tear-jerker "My Sister's Keeper," which opened Friday.

With skeletal fingers tapping the glass display counter inside the Library coffee shop in his native Long Beach , bearded Rx Bandits vocalist/guitarist Matt Embree breaks from squinting hopelessly at the illegible, chalk-scrawled menu hanging behind the cash register.

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL are making a video for an as-yet-undisclosed new track and want you to be in it.

The state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is updating its safe-eating guidelines for fish caught off Southern California because of PCBs, DDT and other contaminants.

Police are investigating a fight at The Pike entertainment zone that left a 23-year-old Seal Beach man hospitalized after he was knocked unconscious early Friday.

A celestial voice with a refreshing outlook arrives on the jazz-adult pop scene with today's release of Pretty World by Anne Walsh from A To Zink Music.

You don't have to own land to enjoy plants, as Dustin Gimbel and Gary Putnam prove below.

Long Beach police Lt. Josef Levy, at top third from right, joins survivors at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

The state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is updating its safe-eating guidelines for fish caught off Southern California because of PCBs, DDT and other contaminants.

John Keisler hopes the name change will help people understand there has also been a change in philosophy.

From left: California Coastal Cleanup Day brought Vinny Valenciano, 20 of Anaheim and Doug Baker, 20 of Alhambra, to Seal Beach.

Mary Pearson, the author of The Adoration of Jenna Fox , is launching a most unusual idea for her upcoming book, The Miles Between .

Sprouts Farmers Market is opening two Orange County stores in July. The Arizona-based natural foods chain said it will open its fourth O.C. store at the Brea Marketplace on July 10.

From the good folks at WineStyles , notice of a wine-tasting one week from tonight, featuring California vineyards: On Thursday, June 18th, we will be host to a truly unique winery tasting event.

Plans for a composting truck route to the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base through Seal Beach will not include Lampson Avenue, base officials said today.

A bulky management text supports John Keisler's office computer screen, the thick text seemingly serving a different purpose these days.

From the good folks at the Seal Beach Police Department, the original news release concerning a bank robbery suspect: On January 26, 2009, at 4:43pm, officers from the Seal Beach Police Department were dispatched to the Wachovia Bank at 13962 Seal Beach Blvd.

The Orange Curtain didn't exist when a land grant was given out to Manuel Nieto in 1790.

Seal Beach Daily has a nice write-up with photos of the annual Jazz Band Concert sponsored by McAuliffe Middle School last night.

City Council members on Monday will consider prohibiting trucks heavier than three tons from traveling down Lampson Avenue, which could put a damper on a recently launched composting project at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.