Newport Beach

Filming Locations
Although series is set in Newport Beach, financial penalties imposed for filming outside the studio zone meant much of the show was filmed in the Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County region. Many of the beach scenes were also filmed in Redondo Beach and Torrance.

For the first episode, "Pilot", the Healy family home was shot on location in Malibu. A mock pool house was built for use in the pilot, and taken down after filming completed. The Healy's' home was recreated on a soundstage at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach for filming during the rest of the series;[47][48] the pool was only 4-feet deep meaning that the cast had to act on their knees.[49] External shots of the original house remained in use throughout the show.[47][48] The pilot was shot on 35 mm film stock, while subsequent episodes used digitally post-processed 16 mm in order to reduce the cost of production.[47]

Newport Union High School is the local school that the twin sisters and their friends and enemies attend. The filming location was actually Mira Costa High School in Brentwood, Los Angeles.[43] Pepperdine University was the location used to represent Newport University, and the University of Southern California was used to represent Newport Harbor University.

The restaurant dubbed the Crab Shack on the show is actually local landmark The Crab Cooker.[58] Scenes from the show were also shot at the landmark Wattles Mansion located in Hollywood.[59]