In Cayucos, a small beach town on the Central Coast, 30,000 people show up for fireworks and fun every Fourth of July. Some have booked the same hotel rooms for 30 years. Read more: In tiny Cayucos, ...

It might not have the warm water or long, rolling surf of the Southern California beaches — or the splendid isolation of the hidden jewels of Northern California. But Cayucos, on the Central Coast, ...