Where's the real Surf City, USA?

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Far from Iraq turmoil, rising oil prices, and London bombings - and admittedly petty by all such comparisons - there's a new battle being waged in America's end-of-the-rainbow state.

Mirroring other longstanding rifts that divide California north and south, the issue is about identity and basic values, cultural world views, and capitalism.

Or, to be a bit more specific ... surfing.