Where the whales are: If you want to see marine life, Dana Point is the place

Here you can spot gray, blue and humpback whales, dolphin pods, sea lions and sharks while enjoying a luxurious beachside ...

Festival of Whales this weekend at Dana Point Harbor

This weekend, Dana Point Harbor dives into the annual Festival of Whales. Now in it’s 55th year, the three-day-long event invites locals and visitors to mark the gray whale migration with a parade, ...

Gray whales are stars of this weekend’s Festival of Whales, but researchers worry about the population

NOAA biologists count the whales annually on their migration south starting in January, and this is the seventh year the ...
NBC Los Angeles

The whale-y fun ‘Magical Migration Parade' returns to Dana Point after time off

The processions took a break in 2025 due to roadwork; now, the fluke-tastic festivities will roll along a new route.
Los Angeles Daily News

Suspect in crash that killed teen in Dana Point was on probation for DUI, officials say

A 59-year-old man arrested on suspicion of hitting and killing a 13-year-old boy with his pickup truck in Dana Point had two prior arrests for driving under the influence and was on probation for one ...
ABC7

Man charged with murder in hit-and-run crash that killed 13-year-old boy in Dana Point

DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- A San Juan Capistrano man was charged Thursday afternoon in a hit-and-run crash that left a 13-year-old boy dead in Dana Point. Bradley Gene Funk, 59, was charged with ...
6abc News

Whale watcher: 'Off to the races, it's a dolphin stampede everybody!'

DANA POINT, Calif. -- You've probably heard of a horse stampede, but whale watchers got an incredible show when a pod of dolphins began to "stampede" off Dana Point in Southern California. RELATED: ...