Favorite Beaches from a Californian. As a teenager in the Bay Area, I loved going to the beach. Whether a thirty minute drive ...

This is one of the most beautiful beaches near San Francisco and is ideal for swimming, windsurfing, volleyball, barbecuing, and fishing, under the supervision of lifeguards from Memorial Day to ...

It's an oyster gold mine in this California coastal getaway, where beautiful beaches offer a quiet retreat from the bustle of ...

Lili Weigert Located in the northwestern corner of San Francisco ... from the beach, as well as its soft sand. They also echo the National Park Service's sentiment that the water is best left ...

On a recent spring day, I found myself on a public stretch of San Francisco sand, taking in maybe the best view of the most ... the only person on the entire beach. How could that be?