Tide turns toward breakwater study

Published 7/25/2007 on Press-Telegram 
Supporters say removal would clean beaches; opponents see waste of money.
LONG BEACH – With a small army of Surfrider Foundation members looking on, the City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday night to approve up to $100,000 in funds to study whether the breakwater should be reconfigured.

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Council Approves Breakwater Study

Published 7/26/2007 on Grunion Gazette

To the cheers of environmentalists who have been working on the issue for a decade, the first formal step was taken this week in a long, expensive process that might lead to a reconfiguration of the Long Beach Breakwater.

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Long Beach breakwater bringing waves of debate

 Published  7/05/2007 on Daily 49er,  Cal State Long Beach Newspaper (Click here to see slideshow)

LONG BEACH - Deep wrinkles creased on the face of lifetime Long Beach resident Ed Hendricks, but he spoke with buoyant hope of bringing waves back to his coastal city.

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Task Force To Report On Beach Water

Published on Grunion Gazette on 7/9/2007 

A “water quality task force” made up of environmental groups and city officials will sit down in the coming months and take a closer look at the beach and bay water quality in Long Beach — and what can be done to improve it.

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MAKE OR BREAKWATER

Published 7/5/2007 on the District Weekly

A determined group of dreamers envisions a day when waves will return to Long Beach. It could happen sooner than you think
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 Surfrider chapters in the world that don’t have any surf to ride (the other one located in Bozeman, Montana). In fact, they like that joke a lot. Bear with them.

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K-EARTH Fundraiser 6/2/2007

It was a really good beach party at Belmont Shore.  We’ve raised about $800 from beer garden tips and t-shirt sale at this event.  K-EARTH radio station also donated our chapter $1000.  Thank you, K-EARTH!

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Split Council Approves Pier Mooring Project, Talks Breakwater

{mosimage}Published on 6/21.2007 on Grunion Gazette

By Carla M. Collado, Staff Writer

City Council members turned back complaints from environmentalist Tuesday night, voting 6-3 to allow mooring buoys near Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier.

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International Surfing Day

Long Beach Chapter is celebrating the International Surfing Day this Thursday, June 21, in Belmont Shore!

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Surf’s up, water’s brown

Published on 6/3/2007 on Press Telegram
Environment: SoCal is famed for beaches, but water quality is nothing to brag about.

 By Mireya Navarro, The New York Times
LOS ANGELES – To the naked eye, Surfrider Beach in Malibu couldn't be lovelier: On a recent Friday, in 60-degree weather, the patch of the coastal mountains behind Malibu Pier was shrouded in morning fog. A flock of birds flew low over a sparse crowd of sunbathers, bobbing surfers and a lifeguard doing abdominals on a beach towel in front of his tower.



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