Kids from Santa Ana schools were treated to several days at Crystal Cove State Park during the annual Camp Cove. More than 65 kids learned about nature, local plants and animals and ocean safety.

It’s no secret that Crystal Cove is the best state beach in California to the roughly 2 million people who visit it each year, and an open survey published Wednesday by the California State Parks ...

“How lucky we are in California to have this coastline that’s so protected and so accessible,” the foundation’s executive director, Rachel Norton, told SFGATE on Wednesday. “It’s really hard to make a ...

Once a sandy getaway for young families, artists and squatters, Crystal Cove has fought off development for decades to remain a 3.2-mile-long oceanfront state park, set right on the shoreline. The ...