Army Corp sends parameters for Recon Study, Coastal Conservancy may be sending money
The parameters for the Long Beach Breakwater Reconnaissance Study have arrived, and the list of federal regulations sent by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers amounts to a job description for a job that’s never been described before.”
Army Corps staff informs us that [...]

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Surfline: The science of swells and waves—and some extra longing for the time when Long Beach had [...]

There’s poop in the water, and soon it’ll taste like ash!
This story in the Downtown Gazette shows that water quality in Alamitos Bay has fallen below “disgusting” to somewhere near “ithinkimgonnabesick.” Water’s a challenge in the best of times: an agreement between Long Beach, LA County and water officials ended Sept. 30, allowing the [...]

Fumble!
The Port of Long Beach blew a win-win situation on August 20 when its Board of Harbor Commissioners voted 3-2 against joining the City of Long Beach in a reconnaissance study of the Long Beach Breakwater and splitting the $100,000 cost.
Despite Harbor Commissioner President Mario Cordero’s support, the proposal was asphyxiated by three appointees of [...]

Comfortably number
Wave strength. Water circulation. Healthier beaches. Reelection of city politicians. Some other stuff. These elements are all aspects of a single number—a cost-to-benefit ratio—that the federal government will produce at the end of a reconnaissance study on the possible reconfiguration of the Long Beach Breakwater. Although the Long Beach City Council authorized $100,000 for [...]

Everything Long Beach desires to be, it once was
So did you get our little joke? Our proposals in this issue for a “new” Long Beach—of public space, amusement areas, cultural centers, and public transit—were all based on Long Beach’s past. It was during our discussions about our story on the possible death of Acres of [...]

Is calling LB America’s ‘Aquatic Capital’ good for Long Beach’s image or just Chris Pook’s wallet?

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Chris Pook’s name is buried deep in a committee that’s asking Long Beach to declare itself the Aquatic Capital of America, but circumstances suggest that the city’s hungriest political insider may be scheming for control of [...]

A determined group of dreamers envisions a day when waves will return to Long Beach. It could happen sooner than you think

PHOTO courtesy HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH
Members of the Long Beach chapter of the Surfrider Foundation understand how weird that name sounds. They like to joke that Long Beach is one of just two [...]