It was the pictures of ATVs blasting through sand dunes that drew us to Pismo Beach for Spring Break. The images looked like ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. The Oceano Dunes ...

Do you care about access to the Oceano Dunes and Pismo State Beach? Then you probably want to attend one of these meetings. State Parks is holding public meetings in Arroyo Grande and Fresno this week ...

Dune buggy driver and land access advocate Evelyn Tallman-Duceshi, who helped keep Oceano Dunes near Pismo Beach open to all, and whose knowledge of sand driving was sought out by both neighbors and ...

Joe Souza of Visalia soars across an open pit fire on his sand cycle as his buddies watch. They were among thousands of off-road enthusiasts who flocked to the Oceano Dunes for Labor Day Sept. 5, 1982 ...

Windblown sand is seen during a tour of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area in April 2021. At left is Karl Tupper, senior air quality scientist with the San Luis Obispo County Air ...

Off-roaders cross Arroyo Grande Creek at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. The California Coastal Commission has banned vehicles from crossing the creek when it’s flowing, which would ...

California's highest court has ruled that off-roading can continue at the Oceano Dunes. On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court refused to consider a California Coastal Commission petition disputing an ...