The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along California’s coastline, state officials ...

Shaped by the Central California coastal winds is the vast sandbox known as the Oceano Dunes. Trudging up the 200-foot sand piles can be daunting, but if you have a sandboard, you can cover a lot ...

California's coastal protection agency planned to close the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to off-roaders. A state court said it broke the law. Now, it's appealing that ruling, arguing ...

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions about the future of the 53-year-old state agency.

Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...

Study by UCSB marine scientists demonstrates the ability of natural dune formations at Santa Monica Beach to withstand more ...

Northern California Congressman Kevin Riley has introduced the Coastal Commission Accountability Act, a bill aimed at ...

The dunes there would replace some rock riprap ... The next step for the project is to get a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission, Timberlake said.

Fewer than 400 coastal martens remain in four highly isolated populations in Oregon and California. Approximately 71 of these martens live in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, which the ...

There’s a functional reason for these updates, and that’s to give the duo a bit more grit and endurance when it comes to going off-road, most notably in the desert dune landscapes of Southern ...