Seal Beach Daily

Fees increase at state parks “It now costs visitors more to catch a wave, take a hike or build a sand castle at California’s 270 state parks.” Read more and see a map with OC fee hikes at ocregister.com.

Complaints cause Caltrans to stop daytime landscape watering “Prompted by a resident complaint, Caltrans said this week that they’re going to stop watering freeway landscaping in Orange County during the hottest hours of the day.” Read more at ocregister.com.

State declares insect quarantine for all of O.C. “All of Orange County is now officially under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid, state agricultural officials said Friday, with the insect prompting worry because it carries a disease that kills citrus trees.” Read more at ocregister.com.

Once promising El Nino might ‘El Fizzle’ “Recent satellite images show that the distinct signature of El Nino that appears directly along the equator has faded, and that the system may have slipped into neutral status.” Read more at ocregister.com.

New SBD Book Lotto: The Wonder Years On Labor Day weekend, Seal Beach Daily will be giving away an autographed copy of The Wonder Years; Portraits of Athletes Who Never Slow Down, Donna’s new book with photographer Rick Rickman. Read more and enter to win right here at SBD.

Keep up with all the area headlines throughout the week. Browse our hand-picked list of stories from the Orange County Register (left) and bookmark Seal Beach Daily’s “In the News” page to link to stories of interest to the Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Sunset Beach and Surfside area.