One-Tank Getaway: Carpinteria State Beach

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Just 12 miles down the coast from fashionable Santa Barbara, which touts itself as the American Riviera, lies a more humble haven. Carpinteria State Beach may be the ultimate picnic spot for smog-weary Angelenos.

Carpinteria State Beach

( Tim Hubbard/ Los Angeles Times )

Just 12 miles down the coast from fashionable Santa Barbara, which touts itself as the American Riviera, lies a more humble haven. Carpinteria State Beach may be the ultimate picnic spot for smog-weary Angelenos.

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