Los Angeles is ready and safe for visitors, with 98% of the region unaffected by wildfires. Tourists can enjoy iconic ...

Multiple piers have come and gone along the Santa Cruz coast, and in the last two columns I have slowly meandered south from ...

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A young dead female humpback whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach early Saturday morning. The 20-foot whale washed up at around 5:30 a.m. around lifeguard tower #5, just south of the pier ...

A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca., has washed ashore in Huntington Beach. On Friday, Planet Whale shared foo ...

A deceased humpback whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier last week, prompting an investigation from wildlife officials.

When Fred Simpson first stumbled upon the Wedge in Newport Beach, he noted how the crashing wave sent a “BOOM” sound across the beach. Simpson had been a lifeguard with the city of Long Beach in his ...

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