The annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast will be...

The annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast will be held from 6 to 10 a.m.

in Lake Park as a fund-raising event before the Fourth of July

Parade. Cost is $5 per person. Information: (714) 374-1535.

The annual Surf City 5K Run

and Expo will include entertainment, family fun, refreshments and

fitness products in the Expo Village starting at 7 a.m. Registration

will begin at 6 a.m. at Worthy Park on the corner of 17th and Main

streets. Participants can avoid long lines by picking up the race

packet, T-shirt and race number at City Hall today from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Cost to register is $30 for adults, $10 for children. Proceeds

benefit the Huntington Beach Jr. Lifeguard program. Information:

(714) 374-1535, ext. 4.

The largest Independence

Day parade west of the Mississippi River, the Huntington Beach

Fourth of July Parade, features more than 300 entries including

bands, floats, film and television celebrities, local dignitaries,

equestrians and community groups. The parade will begin at the corner

of 8th Street and Pacific Coast Highway at 10 a.m. and end at

Yorktown Avenue and Main Street at noon. Admission is free, and

parking will be closed at Pacific Coast Highway between Beach

Boulevard and Goldenwest Street between 6 a.m. and about 1 p.m.

Parade viewers can enter the Downtown area off Goldenwest on Orange

or Palm avenues. Commemorative celebration merchandise and bleacher

seat tickets sold at $10 each are available along the parade route or

can be purchased at City Hall or on the city’s Web site now.

Celebration Hotline: (714) 374-1535.

Red, White and Blues. Steve Copeland and Raging Sun blues band

will perform at Pier Plaza, followed by a costume contest to chose

“Mr. and Mrs. Patriotic.” Next, get ready to brush up on your Surf

City facts in the “HB Trivia Contest.” The events will take place

from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Information: (714) 374-1535.

www.surfcity-hb.org/4thofjuly/

No fireworks display this year.