The Breakwater Forum
Fourth District City Councilman Patrick O’Donnell interrupted his partying at the Surfrider Foundation’s Breakwater Bash on Thursday night just long enough to announce his own breakwater event.
The Breakwater Forum—probably a little less fun but a lot more informational—will be held Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Honda Theater. It’s free [...]

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 [...]

Jay-Z: Keeps on coming back, but nobody seems to mind. Now a pricey stop on Sunset to hold you over—possibly, but not probably, the last for awhile. 8pm. $150. 18+.
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Surfline: The science of swells and waves—and some extra longing for the time when Long Beach had [...]

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 [...]

Marine layer
While the Long Beach City Manager’s office was snail-mailing a “notice of funding” letter to the Army Corps of Engineers requesting a reconnaissance study of the Breakwater, another alarming ocean water-quality report seemed to emphasize the need for such a study. Tests by the National Resources Defense Council found that Long Beach has five [...]

Keeping a promise he made to the Long Beach City Council last month, Harbor Commissioner President Mario Cordero will ask the Port of Long Beach on Monday to contribute $50,000 toward a so-called reconnaissance study of the Breakwater—an examination of the cost-effectiveness of reconfiguring the rock wall that blocks waves from the local shoreline.
Cordero stood [...]

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 [...]