Amid the tourist bustle in the biggest beach city in Orange County,hometown personalities and their stories are Chris Epting's business. As awidely published author and columnist for the Huntington Beach Independent, Epting has covered the famous andnot-so-famous, the local people, places and events of Surf City's beachscapesand street scenes with a reporter's curiosity, a historian's exactitude and anambassador's pride. Huntington Beach Chronicles offers a diversecollection of stories about the everyday people and extraordinary events thathave woven together a community with a charm and character unlike any other.