The lot often fills by 9 a.m. in summer, so consider taking the free Island Explorer shuttle instead. You'll need to descend a long stairway to reach the beach. Sand Beach is open year-round.

However, according to one new ranking, you really don't have to put in all that effort to spend some time on one of the best ...

Bay Head and Point Pleasant Beach are slated to receive 495,000 cubic yards of sand. Most of that will be ... communities that are heavily reliant on summer beach tourism. Smith said that while ...

Measure BB, if passed, would raise San Clemente's sales tax by half a percent in order to fund coastal restoration projects, ...

Work has been ‘completed’ in front of the lifeguard house at Alkantstrand, but with no improvement as yet to the beach itself. Just weeks away from the summer bathing season, ...

“Sand dredged from the channel will ... mend a plight for the city that at one point this summer saw about two-thirds of the beach disappear. The cost will be funded by the state, officials ...