Hundreds of surfers pay their respects during a memorial paddle-out for Sean Collins, 59, of Seal Beach, on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier. Collins was a pioneering wave forecaster for surfline.com who died Dec. 26 of a heart attack.

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Photo credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

Jan. 28, 1940: The Huntington Beach coastline in 1940 was a forest of oil derricks. Oil discoveries in Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Santa Fe Springs in 1920 and 1921 drove massive drilling.

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Photo credit: Ted Hurley / Los Angeles Times

Sit, stay, surf: Sea dogs hang 10 in Huntington Beach (more photos at the link!).

Photo credit: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times

Huntington Beach is offering traffic school for bicyclists who break the law in lieu of going to court and paying fines.

Photo: Bicyclists cruise by a bike speed limit sign north of Huntington Beach Pier. Cyclists who recieve a citation can now go to traffic school. Credit: Don Leach / Times Community News