Beloved sandcastle artist booted from California beach by luxury hotel after nearly 20 years

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.

Now, the man affectionately known as "The Sandcastle Man" is no longer building on the stretch of Southern California beach where he became a Coronado fixture.

Hotel del Coronado confirmed to Fox News Digital that it and sand artist Bill Pavlacka "have parted ways" effective Feb. 5, ending...