Lane Stone
37 episodes listed below
Huntington Beach, week by week.
Unlocking Huntington Beach tracks the everyday calendar of a beach city: workshops, holiday events, restaurant specials, civic updates, and local history. Its tone is useful and neighborly, with room for longer community stories like Corner Market’s cookbook and long role in town.
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Unlocking Huntington Beach treats local knowledge as something practical, social, and worth keeping current. The show gathers Huntington Beach events, city programs, restaurant specials, seasonal plans, and neighborhood stories into an easy weekly run-through. It is not a broad travel show. It is tuned to residents and regulars who care about what is happening at Edison Community Center, Pacific City, Bella Terra, Main Street, the Central Library, and familiar local businesses. Episodes often begin with a quick promise of the week’s topics, then move briskly through specific options. One installment covers Art for Parent and Me, a free financial literacy workshop, Sunday-night deals at Buffalo Wild Wings, and early preparation for 2026 fireworks. Another maps St. Patrick’s Day across pubs, bars, restaurants, and mellower spots, with attention to what kind of night each place might suit. Holiday coverage gets equally practical, naming cookie crawls, winter events, hot cocoa, coat donation perks, snow at Bella Terra, and family-friendly activities. The show’s range is broader than event listings, though. A library-focused episode turns a library card into a guide to Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, Palace Project, Alexander Street, ebooks, audiobooks, movies, documentaries, theater, and dance performances. A Corner Market conversation with Suzanne shifts into community memory, cookbook plans, guest chefs, personal recipes, dedications, playlists, and the idea of a market where regulars are known by name. That mix gives the show its texture. Short service segments help listeners decide what to do this weekend, while longer interviews preserve the stories behind places people already pass every day. Lane Stone is the recurring named voice, and Amber Doherty appears as co-host in featured episodes. The register is casual, specific, and civic-minded. It is useful without feeling bureaucratic, and upbeat without losing sight of the details residents need.
Made for: For Huntington Beach residents, parents, regular visitors, and locally minded planners who want events, resources, specials, and neighborhood updates in one place.
What sets it apart: The show combines quick civic utility with small-town social texture, moving from calendar listings to the stories behind places like Corner Market and Huntington Beach Central Library.
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.
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A warm local profile that treats Corner Market and Suzanne as fixtures of Huntington Beach life.
Corner Market reads like a neighborhood fixture in Huntington Beach, built around familiar faces and a steady sense of community. Suzanne comes across as someone already known for philanthropic work, including adrenal cancer awareness and fundraising events, plus a 2025 Chamber…
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Lane Stone compares Huntington Beach’s four major advantages with five practical drawbacks, emphasizing daily life beyond the beach and surf culture.
Lane Stone interviews Matt Bannward, the Red Wolf CrossFit owner who has operated the Huntington Beach gym since 2012.
Casey Thal, an Edison Community Center recreation supervisor with 23 years working for Huntington Beach, outlines summer programs for local families.
Lane Stone interviews Stephanie and Jim Schaefer of Bella Sophia Chocolates about their bean-to-bar chocolate business in Huntington Beach, including the origin of their name and their journey as chocolatiers.
Unlocking Huntington Beach talks with Suzanne of Corner Market, recognized by the Anaheim Ducks Hall of Heroes and the Huntington Beach Chamber, about a corner shop that is at least 100 years old.
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Lane Stone ranks Huntington Beach restaurants across breakfast, sandwiches, ocean-view dining, Mexican food, breweries, and date-night meals.
This episode covers the hidden benefits of a Huntington Beach library card, including free access to digital apps for books, movies, and performances.
A guide to holiday events in Huntington Beach including cookie crawls, NYE parties, and a new mayor update.