Coastal Restoration

Sunset Beach will be closed for several hours, authorities said.

About 23 miles of the coast road are closed. Alternative route from L.A.: via Monterey

Summer officially arrives on Saturday after a highly unusual winter and spring.

As coastal cities in California fight to defend their homes and roads from sea level rise, the small city of Marina is taking a different path, banning seawalls and adopting a policy known as managed retreat.

In Foster City, where the ‘king tide’ over the weekend reached 9 feet, the answer is a taller levee, costing $90 million. The plan comes as legislators warn that California is running out of time to prepare for sea level rise.

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

As Trump’s E.P.A. administrator imperils the environment, a band of passionate Californians is fighting to keep the state’s waterways clean. Bruno Navasky journeys up the coast with the crusaders who call themselves the Waterkeepers.

It is a frequent tactic of the president — elevate a widely considered failure or mistake and mount a vociferous defense while attacking his critics.

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.

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.

Santa Monica has wrestled with street vending for years. On the one hand, officials argue, the sale of unregulated food can cause health risks. But they worry that, without decriminalization, immigrants who ply their trade are more vulnerable to deportation.

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?

The section of highway collapsed Thursday afternoon about 15 miles south of Big Sur

Relative to beaches up and down the state, one heavily trafficked city beach has long reigned at the top of the list with the dirtiest water.

The Mendocino County town of Fort Bragg considered changing its name, which honors Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, after the death of George Floyd.

If you are willing to surf for science, CSUCI has the perfect project for you and your surfboard.

The welcome mat for California sea lions has been rolled out in San Francisco, but is nowhere to be seen in La Jolla and many of the state's fishing ports.

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.

The Sydney desalination plant's biggest effect on the ocean is unlikely to be from the release of highly saline brine, according to the first peer-reviewed study into the industry's marine impacts.

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.

The city is trying to satisfy residents opposed to the idea and the state agency that demands its inclusion.