As families across the South Bay gear up for another Little League season, Imperial Beach Little League nearly had to cancel its opening day because of a serious financial shortfall.

A man was arrested in Imperial Beach on Sunday afternoon for possession of a stolen firearm, a loaded 9mm pistol.

For nearly two decades, families posed for photos beside his towering sandcastles, couples got engaged in front of them, and holiday visitors returned year after year to see what he would build next.

The "Sandcastle Man" — aka Bill Pavlacka — built his one-of-a-kind creations on Coronado Beach outside the iconic Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego for nearly 20 years before his firing in February 2026 ...

Bill Pavlacka claimed he was told to leave his spot outside the historic Hotel del Coronado in San Diego County after 20 years for using a Mark Twain quote in one of his pieces.

Visitors and residents walking along Coronado’s boardwalk might slow their steps for a minute not only to watch the ocean ...

The Sandcastle Man, whose intricately designed sand sculptures — from “Star Wars” to Emerald City to snowmen — have long graced the Hotel del Coronado beachfront, has been banned by the resort from ...

A beloved sandcastle sculptor was banned from the beach area of an iconic San Diego hotel after quoting Mark Twain on one of his sculptures. Bill Pavlacka, 64, spent nearly two decades of his life ...