California Beaches Blog

You’ll get two different answers as to why the chickens cross the road in California, depending on if you are in the Central Coast beach town of Arroyo Grande, or if you are in the Central Valley city of Fair Oaks.
In Fair Oaks they celebrate chickens each year with an annual Fair Oaks Chicken Festival [...]

Frankly Speaking About Wedding Anniversaries
(One in a Continuing Series)
By C. MacDonald
It’s easy to forget the little things in life–like remembering to pick up milk on your way home or trimming the side bush or washing the windows like you promised. But some things are supposed to be unforgettable and if you happen to forget them, [...]

Saving on Starbucks
It’s ironic that the name “Starbucks” (as in top coffee seller,) has the word “bucks” (as in big bucks) in its name. The price of my favorite coffee drink just went up again, and a Starbucks iced venti latte now costs around $3.75. Here’s how I now save on Starbucks:

Buy 3 shots of [...]

Perhaps you’ve already signed up for your local Turkey Festival, beach Turkey Run or countryside Turkey Trot. Turkey Trots will be going on in California cities ranging from Long Beach to Dana Point. At Disneyland, there used to be the Presidential Pardon Turkey. While we haven’t visited to see if it is still kicking, Disneyland [...]

The Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO), which represents recreational fishing and boating interests in California, says that there could be a devastation to the California economy and the public’s right to access the state’s coastal waters. A proposal created by a task force appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will close vast areas of the South [...]