Whether you're seeking ideal surfing or swimming conditions or a secluded spot to unwind, there's a SoCal beach for you. Minutes from downtown San Diego, the shimmering sand of Coronado Beach is ...

Either way, California offers hundreds of beaches to choose from. To help you decide which stretch of shoreline to visit next, U.S. News considered traveler sentiment and factors like aesthetics ...

Also known as by-the-wind sailors, the free-floating Velella velella are coating California beaches once again. Robin Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 California beachgoers have ...

California boasts more than 420 public beaches, meaning it's not difficult to stumble across a prime stretch of sand. But not all of the state's shorelines are created equal. Each one of these 10 ...

Just in time for a mini heat wave going into the weekend, local public health authorities have lifted ocean water advisories placed on Malibu- and Santa Monica-area beaches affected by January’s ...

Plenty of random stuff washes up on beaches, ranging from rubber ducks to a giant eyeball. Now small blue creatures resembling melted plastic are appearing on Californian beaches—again.

Once I spotted colorful billboards, I was positive I had arrived. Just off the service road running parallel to California's Mojave Freeway in Newberry Springs are the remains of an old water park.

In San Luis Obispo County, California these pups appear on nearby beaches, looking malnourished, with a depleted appearance. “They are coming in at 30 to 40 kg (65-90 lbs), belo ...