Coastal Restoration

Laguna Beach is trying to mask the masses, and this M.D. is championing the cause

Two lifeguards have tested positive, a third is showing symptoms and more than 20 are in quarantined, stretching staffing thin. Newport's beaches will be shut down from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday.

Environmentalists would like to see Oceano Dunes closed to off-road vehicles to protect nesting birds. Off-roaders consider themselves the endangered species.

The L.A. County Department of Public Health also announced a ban on fireworks displays.

Santa Cruz's economy is built around seasonal tourism and the UC Santa Cruz. Businesses are starting to reopen, but staying safe depends on how the county can manage an influx of visitors.

On Memorial Day weekend, California beaches draw crowds, but officials say there have been no major problems so far.

Mayor Garcetti issued new guidelines this week allowing some beach activities to resume. Beachgoers are doing things their way.

In the new book 'Living the California Dream,' historian Alison Rose Jefferson looks back at leisure's place in Black people's fight for civil rights

In California, beach access is seen by many as a birthright, which is why closures under stay-at-home orders have been difficult for some to accept.

For the second consecutive day, the number of new COVID-19 cases could be counted on one…

Laguna Beach lifeguards made more than 400 contacts informing people that the city’s beaches were closed.

The heat wave had Huntington Beach lifeguards expecting tens of thousands of people to flock the beach this weekend.

San Clemente’s city beaches reopened on Saturday, and it remains to be seen if they and other beaches can stay that way.

The rate at which coronavirus tests in California are coming back positive continues its alarming climb — jumping 51% over the past two weeks, a Los Angeles Times analysis found.

As COVID-19 numbers swell and Fourth of July approaches, L.A. County closes beaches. Other public lands stay open.

Under the order, it is now illegal to trespass at the affected locations and is punishable by law to include, but not limited to, a $1,000 fine, officials said.

At Eaton Canyon, a popular Pasadena hiking area, so many people crowded the trail Saturday morning — many without masks and jammed close together — that rangers shut it down for the rest of the month.

Virtually the entire population of Hong Kong wore masks voluntarily from the beginning. They have had four COVID deaths.

LA County beaches should reopen Wednesday with some restrictions on activities and other rules in place, officials said Monday.

Coronavirus has people fighting over beach access. "Beyond Blue," a docu-game made with BBC Earth's "Blue Planet II" team, takes the science further.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, California's famed beaches have become a flashpoint. As temperatures rise and weariness of the stay-at-home-orders sets in, there are strong feelings about whether beaches should remain closed to avoid people flocking to them.

Images of packed shores have prompted a furor against officials in coastal states like California and Florida, who have resisted statewide beach closure orders.

It is nothing new thanks to this quarantine and the absence of tourists in many of the world’s great destinations. This has resulted in many wild animals visiting resorts. The Ventanillas beach in Mexico received a surprise visit from a group of crocodiles. They walked on the sand and also on the sea, without fear […]

Another option would be to shut down roads that lead to popular beaches.