French Government Defends ‘Freedom’ of Topless Sunbathing
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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Coastal Watchdog Orders California Beach Closed to Protect Nesting Birds
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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Conservation Group Sues Over Changes to Coastal Dredge Rules
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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Dispatches From the Road: Camping During Covid
The faded numbers remain, and lines marking the sites dash past the metal fence, off the jagged cliff and into
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Orange County — Epicenter of Lockdown Protests — Sees Huge Surge in Covid Cases
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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Europe Frets Over Virus Spreading at Parties, Beaches
Europeans are letting their guard down despite experts and leaders sounding the alarm about a potential resurgence of the new
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Beach Advocates Optimistic as Ritzy Coastal Enclave Inches Toward Public Access
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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South Carolinians Head to Beaches — and Hospitals
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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SoCal Homeowners Fined $1.7 Million for Encroaching on Beach
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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Activists Raise Alarms Over Virus Litter Along French Coast
Soggy, algae-caked surgical masks resting on the seabed. Soiled, waterlogged rubber gloves, waving eerily beneath the Mediterranean waves.
Read moreEuropeans Soak Up the Sun but Virus Travel Rules a Mishmash
Europeans 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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Super-Rich on California Beachfront Lose Campaign to Stop Coastal Access by Public
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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New York Beaches Face Strict Rules to Open for Memorial Day
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 moreCrowds Return to LA County Beaches After Some Restrictions are Lifted
After two months under lockdown, hundreds of people crowded LA County beaches Wednesday to soak up the sun.
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Coastal Watchdog OKs Local Beach Closures Due to Pandemic
The coronavirus health crisis trumps the right of all Californians to freely access their beaches — for the time being, at least.
Read moreNo Crowds on California Beaches as Counties Look to Reopen
Beaches were mostly empty over the warm weekend as Californians heeded stay-at-home orders in anticipation that Gov. Gavin Newsom might ease some restrictions this week, while some rural communities announced plans to reopen on their own timetable.
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Beach Cities Rebel Against Newsom ‘Hard Close’ Order
Coastal cities across in Orange County, California, vowed to defy Governor Gavin Newsom’s beach closure order this coming weekend — and took him to court as an opening shot.
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Newsom Orders ‘Hard Close’ of Orange County Beaches
Staving off another weekend rush on Southern California beaches, Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ignored pleas from local officials and ordered the closure of Orange County beaches to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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Enough! Newsom Says, Closing California Beaches
Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday after people thronged the seashore during a sweltering weekend despite his social distancing order, according to a memo sent to police chiefs around the state.
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Newport Beach City Council Votes to Keep Beaches Open During Pandemic
The Southern California city of Newport Beach will not close its public beaches despite playing host to 40,000 guests last weekend while the rest of the state continues to maintain stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of Covid-19.
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