Beachgoers play in the surf late last month along Mission Beach in San Diego. The 2-mile stretch of sand is part of a neighborhood where tourists can relax – and park for free.

Surfing has been a quintessential San Diego experience for generations—The Beach Boys sang about it, Tom Wolfe wrote about it and Andy Warhol filmed it. With San Diego’s 70 miles of shoreline ...

Sometimes I miss Midwest winters. I got a nice dose of reality when I went home to Chicago for a weekend visit during in October. I had to wear a winter jacket — the entire time. It was ...

In late December, portions of the boardwalk in Mission Beach and Pacific Beach were seen underwater, flooded, with sand and seaweed left over for days after high surf pummeled the San Diego County ...

MISSION BEACH — Family members pulled an unconscious 12-year-old boy from the ocean Tuesday morning, but lifeguards and paramedics were able to revive him and rush him to the hospit… ...