High surf triggered by distant swell and rip currents prompted over 500 rescues in Southern California over July 4.

At 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated beach hazards statement in effect until Saturday at ...

A panel of travel experts chose their favorite beaches and the paper’s readership voted on the winners. Santa Cruz’s ...

Enderts Beach (No. 26 in nation): Just south of Crescent City in far Northern California, Enderts Beach is a dazzling stretch of sand and pebbles on the Pacific Ocean, Visit Del Norte County reports.