While some families may have still been lingering at their breakfast table Saturday morning, others were digging up some fun at the annual Balboa Island Family Sandcastle Contest, a two-hour ...

Cruisin’ the Coast was the theme this year for the 62nd annual Newport Beach Sandcastle Contest presented Sunday by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, where 19 teams vied ...

Unfortunately, sand sculpture enthusiasts will have to wait until 2025 for the next competition. This year’s event, originally scheduled for Aug. 3, was canceled due to “logistical challenges and a ...

Marwa Bouabibsa put an awful lot of thought into how to design a sand castle. It wasn’t going to be one of those run-of-the-mill fill up a plastic bucket and dump it upside down jobs. This was going ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The annual Balboa Island Sandcastle Contest was held on Saturday, July 27. The event was sponsored by the BIIA (Balboa Island Improvement Association) and ...

Even without the massive, multi-ton intricate sculptures that Imperial Beach made famous for years, the allure of sandcastles remains as constant as the tide. Thousands of people flocked to the most ...

The Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest returns for its 61st year with events planned June 20 to June 22. The weekend kicks off at 10 a.m. June 20 with a live demonstration from master sandcastle builder ...