Martin's Beach

A billionaire who has been fighting for more than a decade to keep a secluded beach to himself has sued California and San Mateo County.

San Mateo County is ready to spend millions to give people access to beaches along the pacific coast. The money will open access to a new beach, Martins Beach, and end a years-long battle over access to Tunitas Creek Beach.

San Mateo County is ready to spend millions to give people access to beaches along the pacific coast. The money will open access to a new beach, Martins Beach, and end a years-long battle over access to Tunitas Creek Beach. Christie Smith reports.

The gate to Martins Beach is finally open. Billionaire Vinod Khosla on Wednesday gave in to a court order to open or remove a gate over the lone access road to Martins Beach, near Half Moon Bay.

California’s coastal regulator is threatening to fine a billionaire investor millions of dollars for ignoring a court order to open a popular beach to the public.

Public access to a popular Bay Area beach is surging toward a showdown on several fronts.

Despite a court’s order to reopen a path leading to a popular Half Moon Bay beach, a billionaire on Friday continued to the defy the demand.

The California Court of Appeal ordered Thursday Martins Beach be open to the public.

The state may be stepping in – again – to assist in a multiyear legal battle to get the public back on California’s nearly 80-year-old beach near Half Moon Bay.

The long-running battle over Martins Beach escalated Tuesday, with members of the state Lands Commission voting to study using eminent domain to buy the right-of-way to the beach.

The sandy saga over Martins Beach now has a new legal fight brewing.

A San Mateo County Superior Court judge Friday issued a final ruling affirming that a Silicon Valley entrepreneur must reopen a popular beach near Half Moon Bay that he closed to the public in 2010.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law empowering the California Coastal Commission to fine property owners who illegally block beach access to the public.

It didn’t make headlines when Gov. Brown signed the budget, but a new law is a big win for beach goers across the state, and it could have an impact on a contentious court battle going on right now. NBC Bay Area’s Christie Smith reports from San Francisco to explain.

The legal battle over a controversial piece of land on the Peninsula owned by billionaire investor Vinod Khosla moved from the courtroom to the beach Thursday morning.