Coastal Restoration

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LA County beaches should reopen Wednesday with some restrictions on activities and other rules in place, officials said Monday.

All Ship Bottom beaches are closed as of 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4 because of the public's refusal to adhere to Gov. Phil Murphy's travel ban stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that has c

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The crackdown against coronavirus scofflaws has escalated, with businesses that refuse to close and people who won't stay out of the water cited.

At a Tuesday meeting, officials warned that the death toll in the county could increase if social distancing measures aren't taken seriously.

After more than a decade of battles, the state is suing Vinod Khosla, arguing that the beach has been open to the public since the 1800s.

A bill guaranteeing public access to Hollister Ranch has passed the California Legislature. Will Gov. Newsom sign it?

Local residents say they aren’t against hikers and people coming to the area for recreation. But after recent fires illustrated the potential problem of large numbers of people in the area du…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the case on Martins Beach, which a Silicon Valley billionaire has fought for almost a decade to keep to himself. The case could have unraveled California's landmark Coastal Act, which declares that access to the beach is for everyone.

The county, which has upheld some of the state's strictest shelter-in-place guidelines longer than many other locales in California, will lift all beach closures at midnight.

City officials have taken a zero-tolerance approach to social-distancing enforcement given the serious potential health consequences of coronavirus.

The man, who wasn't identified, faces a fine of $1,000 or six months in jail, or both, if convicted of violating the state stay-at-home order.

The beach closures, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, gives a glimpse of the future when Californians lose their beaches to climate change.

From San Pedro to Hermosa Beach, development — both in the works and proposed — promises to remake the regions waterfronts.

The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, Possible solutions to sea-level rise, and a community house in Santa Monica experiment with living dunes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Oct. 13 to decide whether to sign AB 1680, which requires that the public be allowed to enter Hollister Ranch by land and access some of its 8.5 miles of shoreline by April 2022.

Coastal officials decades ago secured $1 million for beach access at Hollister Ranch. After more than 30 years of stops and stalls, officials are now gearing up for what might be the most aggressive fight yet over the 8.5-mile stretch of pristine coastline. But the money was spent long ago.

Property owners for decades have fought to keep Hollister Ranch largely to themselves — and earlier this year it seemed they had won. But outrage and mounting pressure from multiple fronts have opened a new battle in the war over one of the most pristine stretches of California coastline.