Authorities say numerous reports of a body found in the surf line about two miles north of Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park Monday morning were a “false alarm,” and no body has been found, according to the ...

SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO — Surfing Madonna artist Mark Patterson has always said his mosaic is meant to inspire people to protect the oceans. The work depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe on a Surfboard and reads ...

The mystery of who constructed the Surfing Madonna mosaic has been solved. Surfer and art lover, Mark Patterson considered his artwork of Lady Guadalupe as a gift to Encinitas, giving the message to ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) -- The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the ...

ENCINITAS — The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the Virgin of ...

The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe riding ...

The big picture: Fourteen months after its sudden (and unauthorized) appearance beneath an Encinitas train bridge and one year and four days after its much-contested removal from her clandestine spot, ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the ...