Seal Beach’s 100 years trace evolution from wild to mild
Steve Trachta and his 8-year-old daughter, Alex, leap over a ditch created to channel water during high surf away from homes along Seal Beach.
Seal Beach is a quaint and unassuming Orange County coastal community, at least on the surface. With about 24,600 residents, it is one of the smallest cities in the county and has been deemed one of the safest. But as it celebrates its centennial this year, Seal Beach can look back on a past that wasn’t as sedate.
