The digging is done at the Devil's Slide tunnel, the arched bridges at the n0rth end have been sitting for years, and by the end of this week the concrete roadways will be completed, too.

But California's first highway tunnel in nearly 50 years won't be ready for traffic for several months more.

A vast coastal wilderness teeming with wildlife and featuring a mountain rising 2,000 feet from the sea near Moss Beach will officially become the southern entrance to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area this summer, federal officials confirmed Friday.

What a big baby -- literally.

Elephant seals weigh 75 pounds when they're born and now, a little more than a month later, these guys should weigh more than 300 pounds.

Clarence "Mac" Maki, a pioneer of in-water surf photography and the last person to capture a photo of Duke Kahanamoku riding a wave, died Oct. 21. He was 86.

For Megan Bell's first surfing lesson, she didn't need to stand up. No, she was feeling the glide, lying on her belly on a big 11-foot Rozo as the whitewater carried her toward shore, her smile almost as wide as her outstretched arms.

"bracing myself for inappropriate comments ..."

"@H20Man: Special Olympics looks *better* than Lindamar to me. 1) no wetsuits 2) I se ..."

Whether swimming with sharks or acting as a body double, these women were made for the water, writes Shelley Seid

Is it possible that we evolved not from the ancestors of chimps and baboons but from apes who spent much of their time in an aquatic environment?

"I agree with Hodad. This theory is full of crappola. Humans are not adapted that well to t ..."

"The great thing about science is that ideas and explanations can be revisited and revised ..."

"She looks pretty good for 90 years old (and English)!!"

"@KOOKTASTIC I quote, "Throw a newborn baby into water and what happens? The poor thing w ..."

Courtney Conlogue practically lives out of the back of a truck.

After finishing a surf session at her home break on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier – the first in weeks after getting back in town following a whirlwind spin around the world – she peels off her wetsuit and slathers conditioner through her sun-kissed blonde hair.

"I think the link is broken. I clicked on the link and all it lead to was a local human in ..."