Refugio State Beach Park reopened on Aug. 1, ... "We should have been here last month and it was closed, so we had to make other arrangements to do our camping," said camper Don Boushay.

Bateman has been visiting Refugio and El Capitán State Beach for over 30 years and comes to the beach every August. “When I was young, we would camp here at Refugio and stay for a month. It’s ...

El Capitan State Beach just north of Santa Barbara, Calif., will undergo some major improvements and renovations in 2025 and is slated to be closed to overnight campers for the entire year. Photo ...

El Capitan State Beach, right off Highway 101 about 20 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, is set to close to overnight campers in early January for a $5.5 million construction project that will ...