The Sandcastle Man, whose intricately designed sand sculptures — from “Star Wars” to Emerald City to snowmen — have long graced the Hotel del Coronado beachfront, has been banned by the resort from ...

CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) — Bill Pavlacka, known as "The Sandcastle Man," has been banned from creating his elaborate sand sculptures on the beaches next to Hotel del Coronado after nearly two decades.

For nearly two decades, families posed for photos beside his towering sandcastles, couples got engaged in front of them, and holiday visitors returned year after year to see what he would build next.

Seeing walls of sand on the beach in front of the Hotel Del Coronado? They're not the work of amateur sand castle builders. Those are "beach berms" that city crews put up last week to protect the ...

The Sandcastle Man, whose intricately designed sand sculptures — from “Star Wars” to Emerald City to snowmen — have long graced the Hotel del Coronado beachfront, has been banned by the resort from ...