Used to pass through in 1965 on the way to the Sorrento beach and grill, 45 cent burgers with fries, we cut school for the burgers.
Just past the tunnel on pch, listening to the supremes singing "Love love love don't come easy..."
The left side was empty, just sand and ocean.
My parents lived there in the early years of WWII. My oldest brother lived there for a while around the time you mentioned.