Coronado News

With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor.

San Diego offers a perfect getaway this summer that can be tailored to fit your tight budget and give you a needed break from the climbing temperatures.

You want to relax over a cocktail and hear a good band? Head to Coronado Boathouse 1887 , say Readers Choice A voters.

That's one of the reasons why Coronado - flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" - has been named the No.

Louie, a former tenant, had a huge old truck with which he used to haul junk when people wanted a building or yard cleaned out.

Update 1:55 p.m Friday, with new information provided about the community's tourism promotion campaign.

Searching for a summer job? Restaurants may be among your best bets, as eateries across the country gear up to fill nearly a half million slots.

The last Monday of May is always reserved for Memorial Day-a day to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the armed forces.

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand.

This Feb. 5, 2007 file photo courtesy of William Kronholm shows the beach at St.

Coronado Beach was named the top beach in the United States for 2012 in the annual "Dr. Beach" best beaches list.

The Coronado Unified School District has avoided the painful fiscal decisions other districts in the state have had to make.

So Coronado beaches received one wave of good news Thursday, earning top marks in Heal the Bay's survey of water quality along the state's shores.

Public safety officials, including a Coronado police officer and firefighter , helped raise nearly $19,000 to help fund cancer research at Rady Children's Hospital.

Wilder filmed the comedy classic "Some Like it Hot" at the Hotel del Coronado in 1958, and Wednesday the hotel hosted a media event on its Vista Walk in honor of the U.S. Postal Service's new Billy Wilder stamp.

The promise of seeing loved ones they hadn't hugged or touched for months was enough to keep spirits up for the throngs who crowded a North Island Naval Air Station pier Wednesday as the USS Carl Vinson returned after six months at sea.

Hugging the ocean and blessed by a marvelous climate, San Diego is undoubtedly a top tourist spot, with many terrific places to see and things to do.

OK, so our headline is nowhere near as clever as the one chosen byA San Diego Reader film writer Scott Marks .

The Planning Commission voted 3 to 1 Tuesday to deny Starbucks' request for a second store in Coronado.

A 24-year-old Paradise Hills man was arrested by sheriff's deputies Sunday morning on charges of violating the San Marcos social host ordinance.