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A California beach town is bringing back the roaring spirit of the 1940s to celebrate its 120th birthday. On April 19, Newport Beach will attempt to break the world record for the largest swing dance lesson, honoring a legendary ballroom that once lit up the pier.
When a surfer's board washed up empty on a California beach after dark, his friend's quick call to 911 launched a high-tech rescue that brought him home safe. Infrared drones and rescue swimmers found the 26-year-old clinging to a lobster trap buoy a quarter mile offshore.
A novelist cleaning up a California beach discovered a six-foot hoodwinker sunfish, one of Earth's rarest marine creatures that scientists thought couldn't cross the equator. The finding rewrites what we know about where these mysterious giants travel.
After nearly 20 years delighting families on Coronado Beach, beloved sand artist Bill Pavlacka is starting fresh with creative freedom and overwhelming community support behind him.
Southern California's coastline defied predictions by expanding more than 500 acres over four decades, despite urban development and dams that scientists expected would shrink beaches. New satellite technology reveals beaches are growing in unexpected places, offering hope for smarter coastal management.
Two endangered Guadalupe fur seal pups, found barely alive on California beaches, have made remarkable recoveries thanks to SeaWorld's rescue team. The transformation from lifeless and malnourished to healthy and thriving shows what dedicated care can achieve for threatened species.
A California beach town just passed one of the strictest plastic reduction laws in the state, banning single-use plastic bottles and non-compostable foodware at all city events. Del Mar's unanimous city council vote makes it only the second city in San Diego County to require truly compostable materials instead of misleading "recyclable" plastics.
Once hunted to fewer than 100 seals in 1892, elephant seals have bounced back to 250,000 strong and now crowd California beaches each winter. At Año Nuevo State Park, visitors watch 10,000 of these massive animals fight, mate, and nurse 75-pound pups in one of nature's greatest comeback stories.