Accessing the least-crowded section of New York’s Lido Beach requires either money or insider knowledge. Anyone staying at one of the nearby hotels can walk through the lobby, and those living in a ...

Homeowners on a stretch of a small and secluded Malibu beach appear to have placed “private property” signs on the sand, in yet another attempt to keep visitors away from the public beaches that line ...

The signs went up at the water's edge Friday evening with a foreboding message for beachgoers. "PRIVATE BEACH," read the top marker, followed by the name of a longtime St. Pete Beach establishment, ...

An upscale hotel in the Orange County coastal community of Laguna Beach has run afoul of long-standing state regulations. The hotel, located on a popular stretch of public sand, built a berm and put ...

WELLS, Maine — A local group’s fight for fuller public access to the intertidal zones of Maine’s beaches is continuing into the new year, with an effort to change town signs to reflect what is allowed ...