Hordes of people are descending on fragile Los Angeles-area tide pools to scrape starfish, mussels and other sea life from the rocks, city officials say. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office ...

La Jolla’s tide pools were chosen as one of two statewide sites for the June 1 kickoff of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s month-long Snapshot Cal Coast initiative. Despite gray skies, ...

Be it surfing, strolling, or sunbathing, the beaches in Southern California offer something for every kind of visitor. And while Venice Beach with its body builders and Huntington Beach's surfable ...

The beaches in La Jolla, California are yearly given over to marine wildlife, harbor seals who come ashore to this protective cove for “pupping season.” The beaches are closed to human visitors from ...

Observe a unique coastal phenomena that only happens during the winter this weekend. King Tides, extremely high and low tides occur when a full or new moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit, ...

A stunning video has captured the moment an octopus battled an eel in a California tide pool. The video was captured by UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher E. Anne Chambers, while she was tide pooling ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...