Coastal Restoration

Mohamed Hadid (father of Bella and Gigi) has been trying to build an enormous compound on one of the most popular hiking spots in the Los Angeles area. What could possibly go wrong?

Four families whose relatives were among the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the dive boat Conception are suing the vessel's owners.

Firefighters say they now have 20% containment of a brush fire which at one point closed Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County Thursday, and forced the

Hurricane Micheal continues to tear and wreak havoc throughout the gulf. Its latest victim is 'Mexico Beach'. It is "gone" according to the locals.

In the wake of an especially destructive hurricane season, conservationists and urban planners are grappling with how to protect coastlines—and are increasingly looking to nature for inspiration.

Hurricanes are a reality of coastal life, and people are now part of that coastal ecosystem. If we are to live and thrive on our coastal margins we have understand and adapt to that reality and secure the capital needed to plan for our resilient future. We have a lot to learn from the fishes.

As shorelines creep inland and storms worsen, nuclear reactors around the world face new challenges.

The steep cliffs that buttress Malibu and other coastal towns in Southern California could recede more than 130 feet by the year 2100, according to a new sea level rise study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Lava and gas continued to erupt from Kilauea volcano across a remote, rural neighborhood on Hawaii Island, and by Monday had destroyed 35 structures, including at least 26 homes, authorities said.

Montecito braced for fire, but mud was a more stealthy, deadly threat

These maps show how Montecito has been hit by fires, rainfall, mudslides and debris flows.

A new study suggests that if global temperatures rise by another 3.5 degrees Celsius, sea levels could rise by an additional 4 feet by the end of the century and 16 feet by the year 2300.

Storms caused by atmospheric rivers cause about $1 billion damage each year, a new study shows, with more damage in California than any state studied.

Though it's been almost a year since mudslides killed at least 21 people in Montecito, The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management warned residents Monday that the threat of disaster still exists.

Flooding from Hurricane Florence is causing spills at hog farms and coal ash ponds in North Carolina, and stranded workers at a nuclear power plant. NC rivers with historic flooding include the Neuse and Cape Fear.

Several studies have found evidence that rising seas are undermining coastal property value.

It's official. Caltrans said the road damaged by the biggest slide in California will reopen ahead of schedule.

Homes in areas most exposed to flood and hurricane risk were worth less last year, on average, than a decade earlier.

Herb Montgomery and his wife, Janet, have lived in Del Mar’s low-lying Beach Colony just east of Camino Del Mar for 20 years. He knows the ocean is creeping closer to his property and he says the city has an obligation to protect his home, valued at $3.2 million, from the rising waters.

For the community of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when — and how much the public should invest in artificially extending its life.

I was awakened at 3:45 a.m. by lightning and a loud clap of thunder, followed by the sound of a transformer exploding nearby.