San Diego beaches

A heatwave rolling through Southern California will send temperatures soaring in San Diego County’s western valleys, mountains and deserts this weekend

NBC 7’s Melissa Adan reports from Mission Beach.

State beach parking lots in San Diego County are closed for Fourth of July weekend. Other cities and communities may follow suit as COVID-19 cases surge in the county and state.

The city of Oceanside has decided to close its beach parking lots to curb crowds on this Fourth of July weekend as COVID 19 cases surge

As if the ocean were excited to see surfers again after weeks of closures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, beachgoers were dazzled with bright lights wherever they went.

Jared Henry went surfing in electric blue water in Ocean Beach.

As waves crashed against the shoreline in Encinitas on Monday, a bright blue hue overtook the ocean thanks to the return of an unpredictable natural phenomenon.

As San Diego’s city beaches reopened Monday, dozens of surfers hit the water in Pacific Beach.

San Diego police officers are helping lifeguards educate and inform everyone of the new beach rules, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan, but officers can write out citations if necessary, and, if not everyone follows the rules, the beach could possibly close down again.

Surfers and joggers wasted no time in visiting the several local beaches that reopened in the county.

Several San Diego County beaches have reopened under limited use and almost immediately surfers and joggers flocked to the shores.

Bioluminescence created a brilliant, neon blue glow in Encinitas.

Lawmakers have revealed their two-phase plan on how to reopen San Diego’s beaches and one local man shares his thoughts with NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez.

The County cleared a beach closure from the U.S.-Mexico border to Coronado but issued a beach advisory at three local beaches

More than two miles of beaches were closed over the weekend after sewage-contaminated runoff from the Tijuana River entered the U.S. waters.

Some families in the South Bay may have had their Independence Day plans ruined by a nasty sewage leak south of the border.

NBC 7 Dave Summers spoke to beachgoers who fear their holiday plans might be ruined by the sewage spill.

Ground control to Major Tom: It must be summer because ‘David Buoy’ is out!

Each summer, eight buoys are placed offshore from Ocean Beach to north Pacific Beach.