Block Party starts with a game. One local word a day, about a minute, no account and nothing to install. The news comes after the habit, not before it.
The HB Pier stretches 1,850 feet, one of the longest on the West Coast. First built in 1904, rebuilt in 1992 after winter storms took it down.
Play today's wordSample lines, so you can see the shape of it. The wire starts once the daily habit is there.
Every answer is Huntington Beach: a street, a break, a name out of the town's history. Pick one and play, there is nothing to sign up for.
Six guesses, one local word. Every answer comes with the story behind it.
One local home a day. Guess what it sold for, closest without going over.
One local photo a day. Put a pin on the map where you think it was taken.
A five by five crossword, every clue local. It stays up all weekend.
Best burrito in HB. Sixteen of them, two weeks, one vote a day.
What happened in HB since yesterday, in a line each, with a link if you want the whole story. This is what it looks like.
Sample lines written to show the format. Nothing above is today's news.
Block Party is a small independent project, not a newspaper, not the city, and not Nextdoor. Everything published is checked by a person before it goes out. Huntington Beach is the only town so far, on purpose: better to get one right than ten wrong.
Nine questions, about two minutes, no email needed. Your answers decide what Block Party covers first and what it leaves out, so this is the most direct say you will get in what HB gets.