For those planning to be in Southern California this summer...
This summer when it gets hot then Malibu has great spots to take your wife and kids, and grandkids, etc. Latigo Beach has great surfing and has 24 hour security, and Paradise Cove has a great restaurant and they have 24 hour security and plus beach access. Zuma is nice but it is not a good spot for surfing, Zuma is nice for Volleyball, and for Frisbee, etc, but you cannot surf in Zuma. And Westward Beach where they filmed "Planet of the Apes" with Charlton Heston has the Sunset Restaurant, which was Monroe's when I lived there, and they had the best food in Malibu when I lived there, and Westward Beach is a good place to fish from the sand, and I used to fish at night there when I lived in Malibu. And the Leo Carrillo Campground in Malibu is a great place to camp.
Malibu is a great place to take your family to the beach this summer, and many beaches in Malibu have 24 hour security. Malibu is safe.
In Orange County, they have the World Championship Surfing in Huntington Beach, but they have had problems with crowd violence, etc. Be careful at the beaches in Orange County.
And they just had stabbings in Santa Monica, and fights, etc.
Malibu is the safest place to take your family.
Newport is nice, and Laguna Beach is nice, it is just expensive. And Newport has nice yachts, etc.
And Marina Del Rey is nice like Cannes.
San Luis Obispo is nice, but it is a long drive, we have some great spots in California.
Salute,
Tony V.