Pismo Beach tops USA TODAY 10BEST small coastal towns. Morro Bay, Avalon and Carmel-by-the-Sea also land in the 2026 top 10.

Apr. 2—A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Federal regulators on Thursday renewed the license for California's last nuclear power plant, ...

Jose Cuellar, a San Francisco State professor who performed as Dr. Loco, blended teaching and music to influence generations ...

The local pups, unaware of the spread of the highly pathogenic virus among their northern California cousins, are learning to ...

Many of California’s sandy beaches could disappear, warming oceans and rising sea levels will threaten the state, wildlife could be impacted by increasingly corrosive waters, according to a new report ...

Get out of the water! A terrifying great white shark was spotted ominously circling a surfer at Newport Beach on Thursday, prompting authorities to evacuate the water. The frightening incident ...

Roulou Gloria Avila, 81, of Vacaville, passed away on February 21, 2026. Born October 30, 1944, in Porterville, she was the youngest child of Harold and Mary Ellen Reeves. Roulou was raised in Hayward ...

This is a virtual walking tour of Laguna Beach California. In the tour of Laguna Beach we start out at the Pirate Tower then head to Laguna Village and walk around Main Beach. Laguna is several ...

If a “hidden beach town in Southern California” sounds too good to be true, this one’s for you. While most locals know about Avila Beach, a charming coastal community on the Golden State’s ...

REMOVE THE REMAINS FROM THAT MOUNTAIN BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME CONDITIONS, AND THIS IS NOW THE DEADLIEST AVALANCHE IN MODERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. PREVIOUSLY, AN INCIDENT AT ALPINE MEADOWS HELD THAT ...