California Beaches Blog

Culver City, Calif.–If love art, there’s an event that you won’t want to miss. It happens only once per year so you have to jump on it. The City of Culver City presents its annual event which includes a self-guided tour of over 35 local art galleries and exhibition spaces. ARTWALK Culver City is sponsored [...]

While the hotel room rates are supposed to help lead the U.S. out of recession,  PKF Hospitality Research is forecasting a third consecutive year of declining revenue per available room (revPAR) for U.S. hotels in 2010. By year end 2010, the average U.S. hotel will suffer a 1.1 percent decline in RevPAR, the net result [...]

Half Moon Bay, Calif.–The annual Mavericks surf event that invites only the strongest and best surfers from around the globe to compete was given a green light on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. The contestants were notified and given just under 24 hours to get to Princeton by the Sea, an unincorporated community 10 minutes from [...]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently delivered an online questionnaire to its members throughout America, asking four simple questions. Here are the results of this January 2010 poll:
1. What are your hiring plans in the next six months?
Of those responding, 66.3% say they will maintain their current workforce. 19.3% plan layoffs, while only 14.4% plan [...]

San Francisco’s Chinese New Year in February launches the Year of the Tiger with festivities, pageants and the nation’s largest Chinese New Year parade. The Chinese New Year celebration roars in to San Francisco Feb. 6-28, 2010 in the lunar new year, 4708.  At midnight on Feb. 13, 2010, the symbol of strength and courage, [...]

Left to right in photo: Ed Begley Jr., Mariel Hemingway, John Picard
Ed Begley, Jr., seen in movies and TV shows, has long been known as a champion of ecological causes. The actor who has enjoyed a seven figure income when times are good, is a modest, ecology-minded guy by all accounts. He is but one [...]

Weather report this week at LA beaches - 1 beach towel coverage, late afternoon
What will this winter turn out to be in California?
So far in Southern California, the weather at the beach is giving many people fits. The warm days, cold snap at night, and high pollen counts are creating massive sinus headaches. Pharmacists have [...]

In the latest plan to raise revenue for California State Parks operations, several nonprofit groups and supporters have created a proposal to tax every car licensed in California annually. Claiming to get rid of state parks admissions fees for all residents if they pass this proposed bill that would have to be approved by a [...]