Shaped by the Central California coastal winds is the vast sandbox known as the Oceano Dunes. Trudging up the 200-foot sand ...

The sun descends to the horizon on a stretch of California sand that in normal times would be crowded with off-road vehicles. But on this afternoon in September 2020 the beach at Oceano Dunes State ...

who helped keep Oceano Dunes near Pismo Beach open to all, and whose knowledge of sand driving was sought out by both neighbors and NASA, passed away at 97. Tallman-Duceshi raced a purple dune ...

Oceano Dunes is managed by the California State Parks’ Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. The area includes about 1,500 acres of sand dunes and six miles of beachfront where motorized and ...

Mike Hodgson mhodgson@santamariatimes Mar 19, 2021 Mar 19, 2021 Updated Apr 4, 2023 Off-roading in the Oceano Dunes will be history within three years and beach access at Pier Avenue in Oceano ...

Alan Eddy of Oceano tries to get a two-string trick kite airborne under wind conditions that were unusually light. Warm weather brought beachgoers out to the dunes in Oceano near the Pier Avenue ...