California Beaches Blog

State Street Holiday Shopping is festive and bright.  See the full picture.
Santa Barbara, CA–Visit Santa Barbara this Winter Season when the weather breaks below the 60 degree barrier to herald that favorite time of sweater weather at the beach. In California’s Riviera of sunshine, you can travel on a  weekend getaway to enjoy whale watching [...]

While the US National Parks Service has already sent a warning letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about potentially seizing land deeded to California that includes contractual agreements to keep it open to the public, what about the rest of 100 or so California State Parks that could be slated for closure after Labor Day (early [...]

California–Trying to get a grip on the situation that could close some state parks and beaches, we discovered that the National Park Service maintains a total of 23 different units in California, including nine National Parks. The patchwork and interplay of state and national funding and maintenance of the various 200+ California state parks & [...]

Sacramento, Calif.–While California teeters into the dark abyss, heading for the ocean floor of the Pacific (according to news reports about the state budget) like some Lemuria or Atlantis where a shining civilization once existed, the reality is not quite that bad–yet. Sure, history tells us that civilizations rise and fall for reasons that aren’t [...]

California’s Conference on Tourism will be in Newport Beach in 2009.