It’s a sad day for nudists who enjoyed letting it all hang out on Trail 6 - the stretch of sand on San Onofre State Beach where clothing was optional.

A panel of judges at the 4th District Court of Appeals sided with state officials who wanted a ban on nude sunbathing. The Naturist Action Committee, which wants to be able to continue […]

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Thomas
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In the last couple of days, there have been two authoritative listings of the best beaches in the United States - One from TripAdvisor and the other from Dr. Beach.
Each list contains 10 beaches, and out of these 20 beaches, only 2 are from California - La Jolla Cove in TripAdvisor’s list and Coronado Island […]

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Thomas
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As the mellow spring heats up and tumbles and rumbles towards the smoking sizzling summer, California has a lot to offer to visitors, from the golden San Diego beaches to the cool ruggedness of the Sierra Nevada, the festive atmosphere in the Desert, the tranquility of the Sacramento Delta and the culinary and spiritual pursuits in […]

Posted on April 18th, 2009 by Thomas
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Way back in 1868, John Muir crossed the San Francisco Bay to Oakland and started legging it to Yosemite. and on April 6, 2009, a 141 years later, Stanford Earth Sciences graduate and master’s student Alex McInturff is setting out to retrace John Muir’s walk to Yosemite National Park.
The trek was apparently inspired after one […]

Posted on April 5th, 2009 by Thomas
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The other day, I wrote about how the drug wars have jumped the border and reached the San Diego beaches in the form of bundles of marijuana found on the Del Mar beach. Well, turns out the drug smugglers ain’t that far behind.
A group of narcotics suspects in a black truck seem to have been […]

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Thomas
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The California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC) has listed out a set of famous film sites in California which are perfectly suited for vacations, especially if you’re a movie buff.
In the press statement, President and CEO Caroline Beteta of the CTTC said that “Because of our 300-plus days of sunshine each year, snow-capped mountain peaks, […]

Posted on March 17th, 2009 by Thomas
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Global warming is all set to drown California with a massive 5 ft sea level rise predicted for California’s coastline by the year 2100, according to a new study. The report - The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on  the California Coast - was prepared by the Oakland, CA based non-profit Pacific Institute (www.pacinst.org/) and commissioned by the […]

Posted on March 13th, 2009 by Thomas
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While the California State budget negotiations were in progress in Sacramento, Democratic lawmakers apparently enjoyed a weekend retreat paid for by lobbyists whose agendas were later passed by the State legislature. 
The 2 day retreat was hosted at the Wine and Roses Hotel and Spa in Lodi by the  Consumer Attorneys of California, California Professional Firefighters and […]

Posted on March 9th, 2009 by Thomas
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Couple of weeks back, the LA Times did a bang up hit job on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cabinet colleagues splurging state funds on commutes, unnecessary travel and downright crooked expense statements.
Rosario Marin, head of the State and Consumer Services Agency collected about $50,000 for paid speeches, including from companies who fall under her agency’s […]

Posted on March 7th, 2009 by Thomas
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Until 2002, the storefront at Pier View Way, Oceanside CA was a Playgirl Strip Club with a massive stripper cutout straddling the joint from above, advertising the devilish delights inside. For five years, Oceanside residents fumed over what they considered were the obscene excesses permitted inside the strip club.
Then in 2002, the City forked over […]

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Thomas
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