Sometimes the sand castle is just that—a beach-built model ... Russo carves with one hand while using air pressure to clear away loose sand with the other. Russo captured the $400 first place ...

"I hate to see it go away," said Yoshida. But, it's expensive to rent Pioneer Courthouse Square, he said, and "Twenty years is long enough." Yoshida said the sand dump was planned as a one-time ...

But sand artist ... will be washed away - leaving the beach surface looking as if nothing had ever happened. To make sure he has everything he needs before the mammoth artwork begins, Andres ...