How to use webcams, forecasts and tide charts to pick the perfect Bay Area beach for your day out — to ensure toasty ...

San Franciscans called them the “Outside Lands.” There were more than 13,000 unincorporated acres of sand dunes west of the civilization that ended in the vicinity of Divisadero and Eddy streets. The ...

Back in late December, right before holiday storms, Surfline’s Schaler Perry penned a California Winter Outlook. Nestled in the middle was this line for NorCal: “The clouds clear eventually, and high ...

Photography by Sachi Cunningham, Jack Bober, Pedro Bala and Daniel Gorostieta. It has been said, many times, that a picture tells a thousand words. In the case of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, on a few ...

Beaches in Northern California will astonish you with their beauty and how varied their atmospheres are. For instance, the dramatic cliffs and crashing waves at Manhattan Beach evoke a deep sense of ...

When it comes to never-forget-me views, San Francisco's Bay Area has you covered. This corner of the West Coast has rock-studded beaches that gaze up at the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the salt-washed ...

Illuminate, the nonprofit hosting the event, said founder Ben Davis, and the artist behind The Bay Lights, Leo Villareal, will be in attendance and speak ahead of the grand relighting.

A hulking Steller sea lion turned San Francisco's Pier 39 into an instant wildlife spectacle yesterday, hauling out on K-Dock and drawing a steady stream of cameras and gawkers. With its pale, blocky ...

Here's an aerial view of a whale swimming in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday. Speedo-clad Miami (Ohio) swimmers who went ...

San Diego beaches have been shut down after a wave of storms sent bacteria levels soaring along the coast — with health officials warning beachgoers to stay out of the water. Multiple shorelines ...