Las Tunas County Beach and Las Tunas State Beach are public beaches operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors in

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, United States. Circa 1986, the beach was described as "little more than a dirt parking lot, a lifeguard station and a steep drop to the Pacific." The beach is named for its proximity to Tuna Canyon Road; ''las tunas'' are the fruit of the

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(prickly pear) cactus.

History

In 1926, 20 houses were washed off the beach by a major winter storm. Natalie Talmadge owned a house at Las Tunas that burned in 1943.

References

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