Conservationists say nets meant for sharks wind up trapping any large animal that swims too close to shore, making no distinction between sharks, dolphins, dugongs, sea turtles and whales.
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In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief visits a pristine area that also boasts a coastal enclave at the center of a battle over who has the right to access California’s iconic beaches.
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Conservationists blasted California over its continued refusal to protect the endangered snowy plover from being crushed by dune buggies and ATVs at Oceano Dunes State Park.
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In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief visits a beach where birds and families have replaced off-road vehicles.
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Even though members of the California Coastal Commission believe the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area could be subject to Governor Gavin Newsom’s order this week protecting state lands and waters, they did not get to vote Thursday on a public works plan regarding future use and development of the park.
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On top of the virus and the sinking economy, France’s government has a new problem to worry about: defending women’s liberty of topless sunbathing.
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Endangered California shorebirds who took advantage of pandemic beach closures to expand their nesting area on a Northern California beach won’t be evicted, the California Coastal Commission announced Wednesday after it reached an agreement with State Parks to keep the beach closed through the fall.
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Amid an Atlantic hurricane season expected to be more active than normal, an environmental group claims the Trump administration illegally loosened longstanding rules protecting coastal barriers to allow beachfront developments to take sand from vulnerable areas.
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The faded numbers remain, and lines marking the sites dash past the metal fence, off the jagged cliff and into
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California’s Orange County reported 779 new Covid-19 infections Tuesday, its highest daily count since the beginning of the pandemic, a day after the county was added to a growing list of regions being watched by state health officials.
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Europeans are letting their guard down despite experts and leaders sounding the alarm about a potential resurgence of the new
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The wealthy Hollister Ranch enclave has begun working with California officials on a plan to open its gates, as required by a recent state law mandating beach access. But not every beach lover thinks unfettered public access to otherwise private coastal property is a good thing.
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The elevator doors opened and inside were 10 people crammed into a space no bigger than a closet, none of them wearing a mask.
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Private property owners in Southern California were fined $1.7 million on Thursday for violating public access to Newport Beach for decades by creating illegal yard extensions of their beachfront properties onto the sandy public beaches.
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Soggy, algae-caked surgical masks resting on the seabed. Soiled, waterlogged rubber gloves, waving eerily beneath the Mediterranean waves.
Read moreEuropeans soaked up the sun where they could, taking advantage of the first holiday weekend since coronavirus restrictions were eased, while governments grappled with how and when to safely let in foreign travelers to salvage the vital summer tourist season.
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A pristine stretch of California coast is controlled by a super-rich set with showpiece cars and 100-acre-minimum estates. While aggressively stopping any outsider that get close to long stretch of pristine coves and beaches, the “ranch” owners have managed to also engineer a tax break. But all that looks about to change.
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Incrementally easing some of the restrictions governing his Covid-19-battered state, Governor Andrew Cuomo detailed the steps New York is taking to have beaches open next week for Memorial Day.
Read moreAfter two months under lockdown, hundreds of people crowded LA County beaches Wednesday to soak up the sun.
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The coronavirus health crisis trumps the right of all Californians to freely access their beaches — for the time being, at least.
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