Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These days, coyotes, mountain lions and even, once, a black bear, roam through a former oil field at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes ...

The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center is replacing its traditional gala with a fun, unique fundraising event this year.

Long ago, in the year of our Lord 1923, director Cecil B. DeMille organized the construction of the set for his epic, silent film The Ten Commandments. Because this was the “golden age” of Hollywood, ...

The Dunes Center offers education about the intricacies of a sea otter skeleton and its links to California’s history. (Donna Polizzi photo) If you’re looking for a day trip that is unlike any other, ...

Photographer Chuck Jennings leads a hike in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Complex on Jan. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon. Starting location is Pacific Dunes Ranch, 1205 Silver Spur Place, Oceano. Cost: $5, ...

Dunes Center executive director Doug Jenzen, left, and Rep. Salud Carbajal talk about a plaster sphinx head unearthed from the long-buried set of Cecil B. DeMille’s silent movie “The Ten Commandments.

Too often the unique beauty of the Central Coast lives seemingly out-of-focus in the background of our day, and can even pass by car windows without any notice. This column was produced in partnership ...