Whether one likes to surf or just watch those out catching a wave, Tourmaline Surf Park will be the place to do all that when the 25th annual Summer Longboard Classic returns on June 14. Hosted by the ...

Hanna Daly poses in front of her recently finished mural for Kona Big Wave in Pacific Beach. (Photo courtesy of Hanna Daly) Hanna Daly poses in front of her recently finished mural for Kona Big Wave ...

Madi brings charm and fresh takes on classic breakfast and lunch dishes, as well as inventive coffee creations and playful ...

In the last few years my routine has been the same. About five times a week I ride my bike down Law Street in Pacific Beach (a neighborhood of San Diego, California) in the late morning and paddle out ...

Pacific Beach, long celebrated for its sun, surf, eating and drinking scene, could be embracing a new identity as a cultural destination. The proposed Pacific Beach Arts Center that would be created ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California’s coast had residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man’s death and the partial ...

With a push from Aqua Surf School instructor Genevieve Grossmueller, camper Sienna Cohee rides a wave in Santa Monica. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The wave is all anger and elegance. Shaped ...

LOS ANGELES -- The wave is all anger and elegance. Shaped like a cursive C, it hurtles toward the Santa Monica shore. A child on a surfboard balances on its crest. Or at least he tries to. The boy ...

LOS ANGELES — The wave is all anger and elegance. Shaped like a cursive C, it hurtles toward the Santa Monica shore. A child on a surfboard balances on its crest. Or at least he tries to. The boy ...