Half Moon Bay, Calif. ““ The California Ocean Protection Council and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Program today announced findings revealing unprecedented detailed imagery of the seafloor, including in areas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off Half Moon Bay, where the famed “Mavericks” waves are among the largest in the Continental United States.
VISTA — A court-ordered moratorium on building sea walls in Solana Beach essentially ended Friday when a Superior Court judge found that city officials had adequately revised their ordinance regarding bluff management.
As chair of the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC), I would like to announce the next OPC meeting to be held April 17, at 12:00 p.m., at the Beach Resort Monterey, Point Cabrillo Room, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive, Monterey, California.
County supervisors accepted new guidelines from the Planning Department on Tuesday detailing how new homes in Pleasure Point, Rio del Mar and other unincorporated coastal areas should fit in with the character of the rest of their neighborhood.
LONDON – More than two-thirds of the world’s large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a study released today.
SANTA CRUZ “” County planners may soon be able to tell developers how big a house they can build, how tall it can be and even whether the color they have chosen is acceptable “” part of an effort to curb giant homes that are replacing many of the old beach bungalows in the county.
PLEASURE POINT “” The cliffs are falling into the ocean, and county supervisors agreed Tuesday to move ahead with a 1,100-foot seawall along scenic East Cliff Drive to save the bluffs from further slides.
NORTH COUNTY —- It was nice while it lasted. When the San Diego Association of Governments dredged up enough sand from the ocean bottom to fill Qualcomm Stadium and piped it onshore in the summer of 2001, San Diego County had some of the finest beaches around.
On September 18, 2006 the Governors of California, Oregon and Washington announced the “West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health” at the California and the World Ocean Conference in Long Beach California.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will be holding a Public Hearing on Tuesday, 3/20/07 at 9:00 AM at the Board of Supervisors Chambers, Fifth Floor, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, for the Development Permit and Certification of the Project EIR for the East Cliff Drive Bluff Protection & Parkway Project