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The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea.The "Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea" panel and open reading was born of the same gusto for sun and surf, San Diego style! The evening will start with a panel discussion led by surfer and associate publisher of the San Diego Poetry Annual, Michael Klam. Panelists are surf journalist, Scott Bass, classical ...

Since its dedication as America's first surf park 50 years ago, Tourmaline Surfing Park has enjoyed a rich history of beach culture, surfing and lifeguarding. This film documents the inspiring and fascinating events that led to its creation and features interviews from surf legends.

An Emmy-nominated director is seeking help from the adult community to solve a brutal murder of a 25-year-old gay porn star in 1990 whose head and feet were found in a dumpster.

“Everyone has a Butch story.” So says author Douglas Cavanaugh about surfer Butch Van Artsdalen. And so says Carl Ekstrom. And Mike Hynson. And Hank Warner. And Melinda Merryweather. And members of the Windansea Surf Club. To share their stories, Cavanaugh wrote and recently published “Remembering Butch: The Butch Van Artsdalen Story,” a biography about the surf legend who rode the waves at Ehukai Beach in Hawaii known as the Banzai Pipeline and lived in La Jolla for five years and sur...

Losing a Loved One Twice: First to Prison, Then to Covid As the coronavirus swept through prisons across the United States, mourning families were left to navigate grief complicated by stigma and red tape. Hank Warner, above, usually spoke with his brother, who was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, once a week — until June.Credit...Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times The calls usually came on Sundays. Hank Warner of Huntington Beach, Calif., would see a familiar area code pop up ...