Author: David N. Young

Orange County Fire Authority personnel and assets gathered rapidly to extinguish a roaring house fire in Rossmoor last week, preventing it from spreading to nearby homes and structures. Photo courtesy of Arnie Fine One day after firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority battled a blaze in Rossmoor, a representative Read More

Los Al Grad Raji Ahsan, left, Lucie Arnaz and her husbad Larry Luckinbill discuss Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz after movie. Photo by David N. Young The Bay Theatre in Seal Beach was filled to standing room only this week as Lucie Arnaz brought the unvarnished truth about her famous Read More

With the seats filled to capacity, the Bay Theatre finally opened for business on Main Street.” Photo by David N. Young The seventy-year-old Bay Theatre officially received its second lease on life Saturday as surfers and surfer families from throughout Southern California braved a light drizzle to fill the more Read More

Photo by David N. Young Jim Klisanin in his Baytown Realty office with his beloved pups, Buddy (white) and Bear (black). Klisanin built a powerful legacy in Seal Beach. Jim Klisanin, a businessman and philanthropic pillar of this community, has died. He was 90. Klisanin was a man who left Read More

Courtesy photo L-R Michael Maynaed, Jo Shade, Tony Demarco, Mary Ann Remnet and Nathan Searles at the RCSD Dec. meeting. The Rossmoor Community Services District welcomed a new member at its December meeting, accepting the results of the November elections in which two incumbents were re-elected to four-year terms and Read More

Lights of the Bay Theater’s marquee will soon welcome the public to a whole new era on Main Street in Seal Beach. Photo by David N. Young The Bay Theatre is back.  Dark no more, the historic landmark has returned to its original splendor on Main Street in Seal Beach Read More

Presumably long after he left the community, Director Dr. Jeffrey Barke finally officially said goodbye to his board seat on the Rossmoor Community Service District’s Board of Directors.Though he apprently did not resign, he left a “Dear RCSD” letter for a third-party to read on his behalf.  Barke was first Read More

While the Los Alamitos City Council passed the four resolutions required to secure a construction permit for the 246-unit Lampson project last week, statements made by Seal Beach officials suggested there is still much to discuss. The City Council of Los Alamitos voted at its November meeting to approve the Read More

Courtesy photo Author Jim Mahoney recently visited the Seal Beach Yacht Club to talk about his Hollywood memoir “Get Mahoney”. Jim Mahoney is perhaps the most famous Hollywood executive you’ve never heard of, at least until now. Hollywood problem solvers, sometimes referred to as “fixers,” have been idolized by popular Read More