There are two sides to Crystal Cove State Park, one of the most appreciated (and, it turns out, least appreciated) plots of mansion-free terrain left on Orange County’s so-called California Riviera.

Trail Stats 17 miles of trails 3.2 miles of beach sand Summed Up Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway bustles just about every hour of the day, but there’s a large slice of open space and ...

This year’s super bloom of wildflowers at Crystal Cove State Park is one of the best in recent history – but visitors have been checking out nature’s beauty from afar. For related news, see: ...

Lisa Peterson couldn’t open her beach chair, the first sign something was wrong. Peterson, along with her then 14-year-old daughter, Haylee, and family friends from Rancho Cucamonga, was at Crystal ...