When and where they spawn is nearly impossible to predict, but there are conditions under which you can boost your odds of catching them in the act Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ...

Some of the best parties of my life were grunion parties, because they took place in the middle of the night, at the beach during high tide. You just gotta try this. It surprises me how many people ...

SEAL BEACH – The moon was nearly full at the Seal Beach pier one recent night, and the grunion were running. Except, they weren’t, at least not really. The moment one of the 6-inch-long, glimmering ...

Over the years, I’ve received quite a few emails asking about the “mythical” grunion runs. Well, one of the first jobs I had while living on the Central Coast was to perform grunion run surveys in the ...

For years since we moved to Huntington Beach, I have wanted to go on a grunion run. So when the call came last week that Bill Burhans, a seasonal interpretive specialist for the Department of Parks ...

This Saturday promises to be a different kind of July 4 holiday. It seems that most traditional events have been canceled. I do have a suggestion. Pack up your flashlights, beach chairs, towels and ...

The line of people surges forward and then recoils just like the waves rolling onto Cabrillo Beach. “Stay back,” comes an order delivered by bullhorn. About 600 people crowding the shoreline edge back ...

Just after nightfall in southern California, on sandy stretches of Pacific shoreline, a piece of marine folklore is coming to life. It's that time of year again. The grunion are running. Grunion are ...

This is the time of year when thousands of shimmering, silver fish flop onto Southern California beaches in a strange nocturnal mating dance. Grunion runs, among California’s most stunning natural ...