THE $10 METROLINK PASS DEAL

Here’s a chance to leave your car — and all the freeway traffic — behind when you escape from L.A. to beach cities San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and Oceanside. Metrolink will take you there with $10 day passes good for unlimited rides on Saturdays or Sundays.

The deal: With the $10 pass, you can, say, board in Burbank or downtown L.A. on a Saturday, stop in San Juan Capistrano for lunch and head down to Oceanside before returning home. Or you can stay overnight and buy another $10 pass with unlimited rides Sunday for your return trip — and make as many stops as you like along the way. The offer is good through Sept. 5.

Info: www.lat.ms/metrolinkpass

Don Bartletti Los Angeles Times S U R F, sand and sun await in Oceanside, which is just a $10 Metrolink train ride away on summer weekends.