Private steps descend to the backyard and beach below, accessible by land only to residents of the guard-gated community.

Brian Dakss is a longtime New York-based editor and writer for CBS News, at the Radio network and with CBSNews.com. He has written and edited for NBC News, Dow Jones and numerous radio stations and ...

Laguna Beach has a thrilling hidden history of pirate towers, caves, charming cabins and apparently tree houses. Today, it might be known as a tony beach city in Orange County, but many ...

Firefighters battle a blaze in a hilly area of Laguna Beach on Monday. (OnScene.TV) Fireworks are the suspected cause of a brush fire that ignited in a hilly area of Laguna Beach on Monday afternoon, ...

The 5,472-square-foot French Normandy-style home built into a Laguna Beach bluff in 1929 and once owned by silver screen icon Bette Davis sold recently for $15.25 million. The six-bedroom, eight-bath ...

Fire Chief Mike Garcia is asking residents in Laguna Beach to take personal responsibility to shield themselves and their community from fire danger and clear defensible space around their homes as ...

The actress sold it for a hefty profit in 2006. — -- An oceanfront home in Laguna Beach, California, that once belonged to actress Diane Keaton is for sale. 989 Cliff Drive is listed for $15.9 ...