[Location - Date:Coronado, CA -- May 22, 2012][Source:AP]++STORY EMBARGOED FOR May 25 7 a.m. BETH HARPAZ handling.++SOT KATHLEEN BOLAMBA, San Diego resident: "I love Coronado. It just has so much history, especially with the Hotel Del. I'm a huge history buff so. It just hold so much character and it's just...I don't know it's just a great beach. There's always people having a great time here and I love coming here. It's one of the, one of the nice beaches. I like the sand. It's just a great atmosphere and the shops here and eating and the restaurants here are fantastic. I love Coronado. It's great."SOT JASON AND JENNIFER PHELAN of Toronto, Canada: "We're on holidays. We were actually at Mission Beach couple days ago. So now we came out here. Just something different. We knew it existed. Um. It's such a beautiful, clean beach. Nice soft sand, uh, fresh water and some nice scenery.9. Question, best beach visited? "Definitely. Yeah. It's a little bit more peaceful, little more quiet. So anyone that is looking for just a nice quite relaxing time this is definitely the place to come."10. Question, anything else unique about it? "Other than the great Navy base and seeing the fighter jets flying by. So if anybody's a fan of that stuff, come on by because you'll get a free show."SOT BILL PAVLACKA, San Diego, Calif., Resident: "Coronado is a beautiful beach. It has historical, uh, hotel here. The ocean is beautiful. You couldn't get more perfect sand. It's real fine and powdery and uh great for building sand castles. So this is my favorite beach."SOT PAVLACKA: "Well other beaches are coarse and sometimes there's seaweed and shells. This is amazingly clean sand and it holds a lot of moisture so it sticks together fine."SOT PAVLACKA: "Oh yes it sparkles. It has mica in it and as the sun hits it, it sparkles like somebody sprinkled sparkles all over it."SOT PAVLACKA: "Not a day goes by where somebody doesn't ask me what this is sparkling in the sand."(****END****) VIDEO SOURCE: AP-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: ------------------------------------