The O.C.

OC surfer wins O’Neill Cold Water Classic

source: OC Beach

Yeomans is known for his domination at the Newport Beach Pro, which he won for the third consecutive year in 2008. During the Oakley Pro Juniors event, OC surfer Luke Davis made it to the semi-finals, but got knocked out. Post from: OC Beach Blog

Published 8 hours ago

Harbour Surf Day honors Seal Beach shaper

source: OC Beach

There were boards from the past -  like a board blaring neon colors made in the 80s that former employee Mike Hulshof brought to the sand. Another board had permit stickers on it from back in the day in Newport Beach - where surfers once had to buy permits from the city to surf. Imagine that?!

Published Sat, Nov 7

A Short History of the Orange County Sheriff's Department

source: blog.ocsd.org

But the county was expanding, and the department grew with it.  The Spurgeon Square Jail was opened by Sheriff Joe Nichols in 1897, and the Orange County Courthouse followed in 1901. Sheriff Theo Lacy (the second and fourth sheriff of Orange County, who served from 1890-1894 and 1899-1911...

Published Sat, Nov 7

Some OC surfers in; others out at Cold Water Classic

source: OC Beach

Today had mixed results for Orange County surfers at the O’Neill Cold Water Classic event being held in Santa Cruz. It’s not over for Orange County surfers - Huntington Beach’s Shaun Ward will be up early when the contest resumes, which is looking good for tomorrow morning.

Published Fri, Nov 6

Sign ups start for Ultimate Boarder contest

source: OC Beach

There are plenty of potential winners here in Orange County - just look at last year’s winner Chad Shetler, of Dana Point. Shetler is team manager for the Lost skate team. Huntington Beach’s Omar Hassan got the bronze medal. Pro skater Tosh Townend also did really well, placing in the top 10.

Published Fri, Nov 6

OC Lawmen Seek Players for Gridiron Contests

source: blog.ocsd.org

Playing on the Orange County Lawmen Football Team is a fun and rewarding experience. You have the opportunity to meet and work with lawenforcement personnel from all over Orange County. You also get to meetand befriend cops and firefighters from all over the country.

Published Thu, Nov 5

OC Register Seeks 10 Most Notorious Crimes in the County

source: blog.ocsd.org

He started the series this week and the first three cases he profiles all have a link to the Sheriff's Department. The cases so far include the 1892 lynching of jail inmate Francisco Torres, the 1920 apprehension of serial killer Mose Gibson, who was brought back to Orange County from A...

Published Wed, Nov 4

OC surfers going strong at O’Neill Cold Water Classic

source: OC Beach

The juniors went at it today, with Newport local and one of OC’s top young surfers Andrew Doheny winning his heat with a score of 13.37. In the first round of junior’s events, Newport’s Chase Wilson advanced with a score of 12.00, but in that same heat Taylor Thorne, of Newport, was knocked out a...

Published Wed, Nov 4