Bad news filtered in from Washington, D.C. yesterday: Long Beach will get no federal funding this year for the long-debated breakwater reconnaissance study—a city-sponsored project already in the works as of this past June.
“I wish we had better news,” said Tom Modica, manager of government affairs for the Office of the City Manager, “but, the [...]

Six of Long Beach’s nine City Council members got out of bed early this morning to attend the Breakwater Forum, a public update and discussion of the city’s $100,000 investigation into a possible breakwater configuration. The recurring theme was a growing realization of how massive a task Long Beach is undertaking. The word “unprecedented” was used a lot.
Perhaps just [...]