In no uncertain terms, members of the California Coastal Commissioner put property owners in a wealthy enclave north of Los Angeles on notice that their days of blocking the public from accessing an 8-mile stretch of pristine coast will soon be over.
Read moreFifty-one pilot whales died Friday in a mass stranding in New Zealand, less than a week after 145 pilot whales and nine pygmy killer whales perished in two other unrelated strandings.
Read moreAmong a list of dozens of cases rejected Monday by the Supreme Court is that of a California billionaire trying to make the state pay to use his property as a beach-access point.
Read moreEven as we prepare to celebrate the first California Surfing Day on Sept. 20, it’s probably not a good idea to let your bosses know you’re taking a long lunch to catch waves.
Read moreA French court of appeals has upheld a ruling Wednesday that two directors of French celebrity magazine Closer should be fined a maximum $52,500 for breaching the privacy of Kate Middleton, when publishing topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing back in 2012.
Read moreGreek authorities have sent fire department rescue crews accompanied by a sniffer dog to a popular secluded beach on the western island of Zakynthos after a landslide Thursday in the cove caused at least one injury.
Read moreWith hundreds of miles of picturesque and accessible coastline, California has an abundance of beaches for all of its 39 million residents plus tourists to enjoy. But while the state’s constitution guarantees a public right of beach access and there are over 1,000 access points statewide, low-income and minority communities have long struggled to connect with the Golden State’s majestic shoreline.
Read moreDevelopers brought a federal complaint against Defense Secretary James Mattis, challenging the closure and transfer of Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach to allow development of 12,272 residential units and 6.1 million square-feet of commercial space on 5,000 acres “along one of the most congested transportation arteries in the nation.”
Read moreJust in time for the piping plovers to fledge this fall, New York and American Bird Conservancy have resolved a 2016 federal lawsuit over what to do with a community of feral cats at Jones Beach.
Read moreAs expected, environmentalists have lobbied to intervene in a settlement between the California Coastal Commission and a wealthy beach community that continues to deny public access to a pristine beach in Santa Barbara County.
Read moreAn elected commission in California continues to grapple with beach access advocates clamoring for the destruction of both legal and physical impediments preventing the general public from enjoying two beaches near affluent neighborhoods.
Read moreCalifornia lawmakers unveiled their strategy for the next round in the long-running feud between the state and a Silicon Valley billionaire over public access to one of the state’s most picturesque beaches.
Read moreIt’s a marvel of ecology as shorebirds migrating from South America to the Arctic time a stop critical to their survival to this mass crab spawning. It’s also one of the world’s hot spots for bird flu — a bonanza for scientists seeking clues about how influenza evolves so they just might better protect people.
Read moreA group of property owners in a wealthy California enclave won a victory on Tuesday when a state appeals court ruled their sand relocation project aimed at staving off massive beach erosion was not subject to California’s main environmental law.
Read moreA federal judge tossed a pair of lawsuits on Wednesday that sought to block the extension of miles of power lines in coastal Virginia.
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A rare red tide washed up on San Diego beaches this week, lighting the shore with a neon blue glow from bioluminescent phytoplankton.
Read moreA Northern California apartment owner was fined $1.45 million by the California Coastal Commission Thursday for blocking beach access and allowing unpermitted construction on a Pacifica beach.
Read moreThe Southern California coastal enclave of Malibu on Monday banned plastic cutlery, straws and stirrers at restaurants and fast food joints in an effort to keep beaches free from refuse.
Read moreA Silicon Valley billionaire wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide his years-long and bitter dispute with the state of California over public beach access near property he owns.
Read moreA California state agency settled its dispute with San Francisco over who gets to say what is built along the city’s iconic waterfront — and how high.
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