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 ...

For almost five years, California State Parks has worked to reduce the amount of dust pollution blowing from the Oceano Dunes into nearby communities. Those efforts appear to be paying off — but ...

An off-road vehicle kicks up sand at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. (Laura Dickenson / San Luis Obispo Tribune photo) California’s highest court has ruled that off-roading can ...

California's coastal protection agency planned to close the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to off-roaders. A state court said it broke the law. Now, it's appealing that ruling, arguing ...

With the only coastal off-road recreational area in California all but closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, shorebirds are free to bask in the setting sun on the beach at Oceano Dunes. (Courthouse ...

A U.S. federal court ruled that the California Department of Parks and Recreation violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing a protected shorebird to be harmed by off-roading in the Oceano Dunes ...

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 ...