Category Archives: Long Beach

High cost of fighting urban runoff examined in report

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Los Angeles Times: By Louis Sahagun California communities spend close to half a billion dollars each year trying to prevent litter from mucking up the sensitive ecosystems of rivers, lakes and coastal waters, according to a report released recently by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Yet urban runoff remains a serious problem for fish, birds, turtles and marine mammals that ingest it: clogged intestines, restricted movement, suffocation, loss of vital nutrients and starvation. Continue Reading...
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Long Beach, Los Angeles beaches are cleaner than ever according to Heal the Bay report

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By: Greg Yee - Press Telegram Southland beaches are clean in time for Labor Day, according to a report released by Heal The Bay on Thursday. The nonprofit organization releases two annual reports, including the so-called End of Summer Beach Report Card, which gave 96 percent of California’s beaches an “A” or a “B.” The report marks the seventh consecutive summer that California beaches received high water-quality scores overall. Continue Reading... ...
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California Coastal Commission: Give it teeth

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The Los Angeles Times - Editorial The California Coastal Commission is charged with implementing the statutes of the Coastal Act, the law that was passed in 1976 to protect the state's 1,100-mile coast, regulate development along it and ensure public access to it. But unlike many other state regulatory agencies, the commission does not have the power to impose fines on violators of the act. Continue Reading... ...
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It’s time to repair the seawalls: Editorial

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Press Telegram How would you like to live in a home that could be badly damaged in a major storm or earthquake and there was a way to keep that from happening, but the solution kept getting put off by a government bureaucracy? That’s the situation many Naples residents find themselves in as the city of Long Beach and the California Coastal Commission wrestle with how to repair the deteriorating seawalls protecting their homes from floodwater. Continue Reading... ...
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West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation

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Radiation Levels Will Concentrate in Pockets In Baja California and Other West Coast Locations

An ocean current called the North Pacific Gyre is bringing Japanese radiation to the West Coast of North America: Continue Reading... ...
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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. Continue Reading......
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USA: LA Board of Harbor Commissioners Approves New Port Master Plan

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DredgingToday.com 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. Continue Reading......
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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.

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Family Rescued In Pacific After Sailing ‘Where God Led Us’

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Capradio.com 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. Continue Reading...  ...
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RBOC Calls for EPA to Adopt New Copper Standards

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The Log By: Ambrosia Brody SACRAMENTO -- The boater advocacy group Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC) has issued a “Call to Arms,” asking boaters to contact their elected representatives in the California Senate and Assembly. The organization seeks legislators’ support for EPA adoption of new standards for dissolved copper in saltwater -- a move that could allow continued safe use of copper-based hull paints on recreational boats. RBOC hopes the U.S. EPA Office of Water will be convinced to complete its review of the Copper Marine Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) for metals in saltwater, as soon as possible. The RBOC’s “Call to Arms” comes after the U.S. EPA announced that the BLM is on its “priority list” for completion for next year. Continue Reading......
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