A storm of new breakwater reports floods the city

PHOTO by JENNY STOCKDALE
These days, you can’t swing a dead cat by its tail in Long Beach without hitting a breakwater study—odd, considering the overbuilt wall of rocks has just been sitting there for 60 years in the midst of much pelican poo, modulating protest and considerably [...]

Harbor Commissioner Jim Hankla has apparently dropped his attempted end run around the Long Beach City Council and promised to keep his hands off while a city-contracted engineering firm conducts a thorough study of the Long Beach Breakwater.
“It was a rogue moment, which I’m confident won’t be repeated,” chuckles Patrick O’Donnell, Fourth District council member, [...]