Time: 4:35 p.m.
Date: August 20, 2013
Closure and Posted Warning Status Report
Danapointtimes.com
Closures:
No closures at this time.
Posted Warnings:
Bacterial levels in ocean and bay recreational waters exceed health standards at the following locations:
Huntington Harbour
• Seagate Lagoon.
San Clemente
• 150 feet upcoast and 150 feet downcoast of Poche Creek at Poche Beach.
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Home on bombing range: Some endangered species thrive on military training ranges
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By: Associated Press
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. — The sign leaves no doubt about the risk in entering the steep seaside hills that North America’s rarest bird calls home: “Danger. Boom. Explosives. Unexploded Ordnance and Laser Range in Use. Keep Out.”
Despite the weekly explosions that rock this Navy-owned island off the Southern California coast, the San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike has been rebounding from the brink of extinction, even on the military’s only ship-to-shore bombardment range.
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USA: LA Board of Harbor Commissioners Approves New Port Master Plan
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The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners today approved a new Port Master Plan that is the first comprehensive update of the Port’s development policies and procedures since its original plan took effect more than three decades ago.
The new Plan incorporates previous amendments and anticipated future changes to the use of property within the coastal zone managed by the Port. The document promotes orderly development consistent with the Port’s long-term goals of making the best use of its land and water resources, increasing terminal efficiency, accommodating diverse cargoes, increasing public access to the waterfront, enhancing recreational uses, and working to preserve the Port’s heritage through adaptive reuse of historic buildings and sites.
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Digging up bay’s dirty secrets
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By Deborah Sullivan Brennan The San Diego Bay is scheduled for a deep cleaning next month, when shipyards south of the Coronado Bridge will dredge contaminated sediment to ensure healthier waters.Toxins from industrial operations, shipyards and urban runoff have built up over decades, settling in the sediment. They are absorbed by small animals, fish and eventually people, especially frequent fishermen.
The dredging effort would remove 158,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the area in front of BAE and NASSCO shipyards near the Coronado Bridge.
Continue Reading......Family Rescued In Pacific After Sailing ‘Where God Led Us’
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By Scott Neuman
A leap of faith that sent an Arizona family bound for the South Pacific in a sailboat has returned them in an airplane after a harrowing ordeal at sea that saw them adrift and nearly out of food in one of the remotest stretches of ocean on the planet.
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