“The nominees are chosen by experts and reviewed by USA TODAY 10BEST editors, but it’ll be up to the public to choose the final winners,” says Zsembik. “We expect to be in the running with some big ...

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Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

Stars have been everywhere this week, from Ryan Gosling keeping it low-key in Santa Barbara, California, to Mariska Hargitay ...

A Houston-based oil company has rebuffed the authority of the California Coastal Commission in a bid to revive drilling off ...

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The No. 16 UC Santa Barbara Men's Volleyball team (11-11, 2-3 Big West) hosted No. 1 Long Beach ...

Read more on our AI policy here. The advisory had been issued for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. An updated high surf advisory ...

known as Santa Monica State Beach, is renowned as one of the area's best, thanks to the soft sands, ideal weather and bevy of attractions. In addition to the gorgeous stretch of sand, the beach is ...

From San Diego to Santa Barbara, southern California is home to beaches, mountains, valleys and deserts. That’s a lot of ground to cover, but fortunately there’s a wide assortment ...