Beach Safety Week to be celebrated with open house

The Huntington Beach Marine Safety Division is celebrating National Beach Safety Week with an open house Memorial Weekend.

The Vincent G. Moorhouse Lifeguard Headquarters will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday to Monday at 103 Pacific Coast Hwy.

There will be informational displays, brochures and videos on beach safety and coloring books for kids.

Children can also have their picture taken on the a lifeguard rescue truck and watercraft.

The open house is part of National Beach Safety Week to educate the public on the importance of learning to swim, never going in the ocean alone, swimming sober, staying in areas watched by lifeguards and how to handle the current.

— Britney Barnes