This story was updated Friday afternoon. A section of a popular camping area in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area will be closed off by the end of the year — and fencing is being ...

A protected Western snowy plover walks near tire tracks in the sand at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area is 2018. David Middlecamp [email protected] For more than two years, ...

For the past 30 years, Kingsburg resident Shannon Byrd and her family have made multiple three-hour journeys to Oceano to go off-road riding at the Oceano Dunes. Byrd and her family visit Oceano Dunes ...

Friends of the Oceano Dunes celebrated a victory over the California Coastal Commission in court Monday, opening the path for continued use of off-road vehicles at the popular recreation area. In an ...

Two of the three rescue helicopters dispatched to the scene fly at Oceano Dunes SVRA. Flooding resulted as high swells on the ocean combined with seasonal high tides Dec. 28, 2023. A truck that was ...

State Parks will not have to ban off-roading at the Oceano Dunes after all — at least for the foreseeable future. A San Luis Obispo County judge ruled Wednesday that the state Coastal Commission ...

Oceano Dunes, you’ve been warned. Yes, the Coastal Commission agreed to maintain the status quo at the popular off-road park for at least one more year. But it also made it clear that it expects ...

The era of riding at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreational Area may be coming to a close after decades of controversy and debate. In what would be a critical decision for the Oceano Dunes, ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – San Luis Obispo County Superior Court ruled on Thursday that the California Coastal Commission does not have the authority to prohibit motorized recreational and ...