SAN ONOFRE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — California parks officials, the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton announced a new 25-year lease agreement for San Onofre Beach and San Mateo ...

Campers and surfers can make their way to the surf breaks of San Onofre State Beach and San Mateo Campground for at least the next quarter-century, thanks to a new lease signed Friday by the military ...

Gunnery Sgt. Dorian Gardner can’t see much anymore. He lost his left eye in 2010 when a bomb blast in Afghanistan blew shrapnel into his temple and caused his optic nerve to die. In his right eye, he ...

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After years of negotiations, a deal has been reached between the state and federal government to keep San Onofre, a popular recreational space wedged between Orange County and San Diego, open to the ...

Over the weekend, the status of public access to San Onofre State Beach was in peril. The most recent three-year lease was expiring and there were only hours left for a deal to be reached before the ...

Surfer Mark Gerardi looked out at the destroyed dirt road, a large gap slicing through the only entryway into San Onofre Surf Beach. “It’s like a funeral,” he said, mourning his beloved surf spot on ...

A battle nearly 40 years in the making is coming to a head at one of Southern California’s most iconic beaches, pitting the suits against the people who don’t wear any. Swimsuits, that is. After ...

Gunnery Sgt. Dorian Gardner can’t see much anymore. He lost his left eye in 2010 when a bomb blast in Afghanistan blew shrapnel into his temple and caused his optic nerve to die. In his right eye, he ...