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News and information on things to do at California beaches. Includes updates on festivals, special events, recreation, and wildlife.
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Whale Watching Season Is Winding Down
The spring whale migration along the California coast is well underway, but there's still time to catch a glimpse of these appealing mammals as they head north for the summer.
Whales traveling with their calves tend to hug the shoreline, so your chances...
A Chocolate Valentine in Ventura County
Ventura County's First Annual Chocolate Festival
February 11 - 12, 2006
This Festival celebrates Valentine's Day and everything chocolate. There will be several competitions, including a chocolate baking competition, a chocolate tower building competition,...
Mendocino Crab and Wine Days
Mendocino Crab and Wine Days
January 20 - 29, 2006
At this festival of food and wine, you'll be able to meet the fishermen, and go on a variety of excursions, including crab cruises, whale watching trips, fishing trips and sunset cruises -- all leaving...
Whale Watching Season Begins
Once again, the gray whales are on the move, beginning their winter migration from Alaskan waters to balmy Baja California. There are numerous locations along the California coast where you can spot the migrating whales, or you can take a whale watching...
Christmas Boat Parades
There's something about lights dancing on the water that's simply magical. This month, you'll have lots of opportunity to enjoy the magic, because just about every harbor along the California coast has some sort of Christmas boat parade. Here's a small...
The Return of the Monarch Butterflies
Every fall, starting in October, Monarch butterflies west of the Rockies began to migrate en masse to their winter homes along the California coast. They congregate in groves of pine or eucalyptus, where they mass together for warmth and protection. And...
All Aboard the Santa Cruz Holiday Train
Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train
November 25-27 and December 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 20-21, 2005
This annual holiday tradition is back again this year. Travel through the streets of Santa Cruz in style aboard these trains, all decked out in their festive...
A Very Victorian Christmas in San Francisco
Great Dickens Christmas Fair
November 25-27, 2005
December 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18, 2005
You'll feel like you've been planted in the middle of a Dickens novel as you stroll the streets of Victorian London, recreated in the San Francisco Cow Palace Exhibition...
A Jazzy Thanksgiving in San Diego
26th Annual Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival
November 23 - 27, 2005
Celebrate Thanksgiving with great jazz and good food. The Festival features more than 20 bands, playing a variety of jazz sounds, including classic ragtime, New Orleans, Dixieland,...
Lighting Up Del Mar
Holiday of Lights at Del Mar
Nov 24, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006
It's that time of year again. November is upon us and the holiday displays are going up. Here's one worth checking out -- the largest drive-through animated display on the west coast.
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