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Seal Beach municipal pier at Christmas time
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Seal Beach Christmas parade to march down Main Street

Posted November 24, 2011 by shelley

The annual and much anticipated Christmas parade will cruise down Main Street in Old Town Seal Beach on Friday, Dec. 2, beginning at the municipal pier at 7 p.m. Historically, the parade embraces 2500 participants and 13,000 spectators. The Seal Beach Lions sponsor the parade, along with the City of Seal Beach, the Seal Beach [...]

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Holiday stamps
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Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes Program

Posted November 24, 2011 by courtesy

The holiday season is just around the corner and it’s time again to start thinking about being part of the 2011 American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes. For a fifth year, American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are partnering to ensure all Americans have an opportunity to send a touch of home this holiday [...]

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Los Alamitos, Standing Ovation Flower Gallery, country Santa
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People really need Christmas this year

Posted November 24, 2011 by shelley

“People really need Christmas this year” That’s what Darrell Poper, owner of Standing Ovation Flower Gallery at 10582 Los Alamitos Blvd., told Orange County Breeze. Every year, Darrell works with a long-time collaborator to turn his shop into a holiday wonderland. This year, customers asked after holiday items earlier than expected. So Darrell decorated early, [...]

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Red Cross, 21 weeks to prepare graphic
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American Red Cross 21 weeks to prepare: week 10

Posted November 24, 2011 by courtesy

This weekly shopping list was created by the American Red Cross. It helps people develop an emergency kit in 21 weeks, even when the household budget is tight. All that needs to be done is to follow the shopping list. The following is what to do in the tenth week as you continue to build [...]

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Coyote, courtesy photo from Bureau of Land Management
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RPMT passes along a Thanksgiving Eve coyote sighting

Posted November 24, 2011 by courtesy

The following eyewitness report by a Rossmoor resident was passed along to us from the Rossmoor Predator Management Team. I just spotted an adult coyote on the 3300 block of Quail Run. It was running westbound on Quail Run and stopped at a tree. It turned around and ran east on the street, I yelled [...]

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