City on California's Central Coast with a colonial legacy and a modern tourism draw
Coast towns like the Amalfi Coast, Capri and Pismo Beach are grappling with overcrowding as viral travel drives congestion. Cities are exploring limits on cruise arrivals, group tours and street solicitation, while infrastructure projects aim to ease peak-hour pressures.
Kelsey Pfendler has completed a solo 2,400+ mile row from California to Hawaii in under 44 days, breaking both women’s and men’s speed records. She documented the voyage in video diaries, detailing the physical and logistical challenges of crossing the Pacific.