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Unlocking Huntington Beach
This is your quick rundown of what’s happening in Huntington Beach. Local news, events, grand openings, and updates hosted by HB local, Lane Stone. Easy, useful, and made to keep you in the know.
Episodes
40 episodes
Huntington Beach Holiday Events + Darker Waves (Ep. 40)
Breakfast with Santa is back in Huntington Beach, and the first 50 families get the $20 admission covered. Here's how to claim a spot.Plus: Morrissey and the Smashing Pumpkins on the sand, a Thanksgiving 5K that drills water wells, and ...
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Trick-or-Treating in Huntington Beach: 5 Best Spots (Ep. 39)
Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, so every family in Huntington Beach is trick-or-treating. The only question is where. Lane Stone ranks the five HB neighborhoods that actually show up, and reveals the one where he's taking his own famil...
Newland House Restoration & HB's Civil War Roots (Ep. 38)
HB headlines this week: a record-setting Surf City 10, a California first for accessibility, and a Civil War story hiding behind the Newland House.Lane Stone digs past the headlines on Surf City's oldest road race, what HB's WalletHub r...
Living in SeaCliff, HB: Prices, HOAs & Downsides (Ep. 37)
Most of Huntington Beach has driven past SeaCliff's hedges and gates on Golden West. Far fewer have been inside. Lane Stone, who's sold HB homes for 14+ years, walks the neighborhood between Dog Beach and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands — and explains...
HB October Events: Chili, Fall-O-Ween & Oktoberfest (Ep. 36)
October in Huntington Beach means chili on Main Street, costumes in Central Park, and a Bavarian village next to the 405. Lane Stone lays out the three events worth planning your fall weekends around, then digs into how Old World ended up in Su...
Huntington Beach Parking Guide: Pier to Bolsa Chica (Ep. 35)
Parking in Huntington Beach isn't one system — it's three, and they don't share rates or passes. Lane Stone, born and raised in HB, walks through where to park based on what you're actually coming to do, from Main Street to the sand at Bolsa Ch...
The Huntington Beach Bike Trail, Start to Finish (Ep. 34)
The Huntington Beach bike trail runs about 8.5 paved miles from Bolsa Chica to Huntington State Beach — and you can ride the whole coastline without moving your car once. Lane Stone rides it end to end, from the Sunset Beach greenbelt down to t...
5 HB Beaches Compared: Which One Fits Your Day (Ep. 33)
Huntington Beach isn't one beach. It's five, and picking the wrong one can quietly wreck an otherwise good day. Lane Stone breaks down all eight-plus miles of coastline — City Beach, Huntington State Beach, Bolsa Chica, Dog Beach, and Sunset Be...
Living in Huntington Beach: 4 Pros, 5 Real Cons (Ep. 32)
Living in Huntington Beach costs about 80% more than the national average — here's what that actually buys you, and what it doesn't. Lane Stone has been an HB resident for 35+ years and has sold real estate here for 14. He's talked people into ...
Wodapalooza Hits HB Pier + Red Wolf CrossFit (Ep. 31)
Wodapalooza SoCal brings 30,000 people and 1,500 athletes to the Huntington Beach Pier this September — and Matt Banwart has a front-row seat to all of it. He's owned Red Wolf CrossFit on Beach Boulevard since 2012, and he breaks down what the ...
HB's Free Summer Movies, Camps & Pump Track (Ep. 30)
Huntington Beach runs free movie nights, a traveling pump track, and a 95-year-old indoor pool most residents have never set foot in. Kaci Thol has spent 23 years building those programs — and she's here to tell you which ones you're sleeping o...
US Open of Surfing 2026: Your Surf City Guide (Ep. 29)
The Lexus US Open of Surfing returns to Huntington Beach July 25–Aug 2; half a million people, the world's best surfers, live music, and free entry. Here's how a born-and-raised local actually does the biggest week of the year in Surf City....
HB Chamber CEO Max Daffron on Sector Partnerships (Ep. 28)
Huntington Beach has 10,000+ businesses, and most of them aren't on Main Street. Max Daffron, the HB Chamber's first CEO in eight years, is building five industry coalitions to fix that — and you don't need a membership to join.Max grew...
HB's Pacific Air Show: Parking, Tickets, Best Spots (Ep. 27)
The Pacific Air Show returns to Huntington Beach's sand October 2–4, 2026, and whether you pay or go free changes your whole day. Lane breaks down exactly where to stand, when to arrive, and how to skip the parking nightmare.What you'll...
Surf City Summer: Camps, Bonfires & Kid Activities (Ep. 26)
Summer in Huntington Beach means camp drop-offs, bonfire nights, and bike rides down the Strand — here's the full parent playbook for filling the calendar through August.What you'll learn:- Camp HB pricing and schedule breakdown: 3-...
HB 4th of July: A Local's Complete Guide (Ep. 25)
The Huntington Beach 4th of July draws half a million people for the largest Independence Day parade west of the Mississippi — and Lane Stone has the 35-year local playbook for doing it right.From the Surf City 5K to fireworks launched ...
HB Cost of Living: What You Actually Need to Earn (Ep. 24)
Huntington Beach's cost of living runs 80% above the national average — but that headline number alone won't help you budget. Lane Stone has spent 14 years in this market, and in this episode he breaks down every real expense: rent by neighborh...
HB Is the Perfect World Cup Base Camp (Ep. 23)
A million people are expected to flood Southern California for the 2026 FIFA World Cup — and Lane Stone thinks Huntington Beach is the smartest place to set up camp. The games are at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, but 35 miles of Pacific Coast beat...
HB Sharks, Sewer Easements & Mendocino Farms (Ep. 22)
HB's summer forecast just got complicated: shark detections are earlier than usual, Mendocino Farms is finally landing at Pacific City, and dozens of local homeowners are losing backyards — and in some cases, parts of their homes — to a sewer e...
HB Gets a Surf-Themed Escape Room From a Local Pro (Ep. 21)
A Huntington Beach local who played pro beach volleyball — and completed 233 escape rooms — just opened Surf City Escapes inside Pacific City. Ben Vaught built rooms around the HB vibe on purpose: the surf theme fits here in a way it wouldn't i...
HB's Best New Restaurants, Coffee Shops & Lost Classics (Ep. 20)
Episode 20 is a full Huntington Beach food and drink audit — where we've been, where we're headed, and what we should never have lost.Lane Stone covers four top-five lists: the HB spots he misses most (Ruby's on the Pier, Ruby Palace, B...
HB Foodie Awards, Rattlesnakes & Air Show Returns (Ep. 19)
The Surf City USA Foodie Awards just dropped — and Lane's got receipts on where the list got it right, where it missed, and which local spots deserved a spot they didn't get. Plus: rattlesnakes are showing up in force at the Bolsa Chica Wetland...
HB's Bean-to-Bar Chocolatier: Bella Sophia's Story (Ep. 18)
Stephanie Schaefer spent 40 years doing sports therapy for Olympic athletes before pivoting to something sweeter — and Bella Sophia Chocolates is now one of Huntington Beach's most beloved artisan brands. This one has a live unboxing, a 20% dis...
HB's Corner Market: Cookbook, Community & 100 Years (Ep. 17)
Corner Market has been an HB institution for over a century — and owner Suzanne has spent the last decade turning it into something the neighborhood didn't know it needed. She sat down with Lane and Amber to talk about what it actually takes to...
#016 - 20+ New Businesses, PCH Bike Lane Updates, & The Huntington Beach Miracle
Huntington Beach is booming! In this episode, Lane Stone breaks down the massive influx of over 20 new businesses hitting Surf City, from gourmet donuts to veteran ERs. We also dive into the major safety overhaul coming to the PCH bike lanes an...