Whether you get your news for the day on your morning drive or while sipping coffee and packing school lunches like me, I keep you up to date on breaking news from overnight or in the early morning.
If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. San Clemente is at risk of losing its reputation as a beach town unless it finds sand to replenish its shorelines.
So on Tuesday, the City Council will decide on a list of potential sites to pull from — hopefully close to home. Coastal erosion over the years has left some of the city’s beaches with only a narrow strip of sand, cutting off public access in some areas. To fully replenish its beaches, San Clemente needs between 2 million and 5 million cubic yards of sand. On Tuesday, city leaders will decide on sites the city can potentially get sand from before a consultant group can begin testing the sand later this year for viability. “ Every sand has different characteristics and there's beach quality sand that you can put on the beach, and it's likely to remain there a little bit longer,” Andy Hall, San Clemente’s city manager, said about the need to test sand. “If you put sand that's too fine on the beach, it'll just wash off when you have large storms or it swells, and if you put it too large, it won't move around and fill in the gap. There's kind of a science in grain size that you want to make sure you get the right kind of sand on the beach so that it's as natural as possible.”“ We dammed up the rivers and we put freeways and railroad tracks and other things in the way so that the sand can't migrate to the beaches,” he said.San Clemente and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have embarked on a sand replenishment project in which every five years, around 200,000 cubic yards of sand will be deposited on a half-mile stretch of beach between T Street and Linda Lane. The 50-year project will see around 2 million cubic yards of sand deposited. But in 2023, when the project kicked off, sand was first deposited from Oceanside that turned out to be mostly cobble with very little beach-grade sand, damaging equipment, so it was paused until the team was able to find a better source. They were able to locate an interim source of sand at a quarry — or a pile of sand out in the water — off the Huntington Beach-Seal Beach area called Surfside Sunset, Hall said.The California Coastal Commission then gave the city a grant to find sand closer home. On Tuesday, city leaders will choose from some of the options a consultant group, Coastal Frontiers Corp., presents to begin testing. “ If we can find a deposit of sand close to the city, the reward is huge,” Hall said. “The amount of not only money that will be saved, but the environmental impacts of all the air quality and everything.” Brett Sanders, a professor at UC Irvine, said the study to find pockets of sand that can be used for beach replenishment is a “really great opportunity.” “ We have very limited data on the availability of sand along the coastline of southern Orange County,” Sanders said, adding that finding sand closer to San Clemente will open up savings for taxpayers. The beaches of Orange County, he added, are “enormously important for the economy of the region” as they drive tax revenue by attracting people to local hotels and restaurants. “When coastal communities look at the cost of maintaining the beaches, they look at the potential losses they might find in the future if they didn't have beaches,” Sanders said. “ Some of these investments in beaches start looking like a really good value.”At a time when trusted news and information are more important than ever, your donation ensures that LAist can continue to serve everyone in our community. Make a powerful statement that you value quality reporting from LAist and safeguard the future of public media today with your gift.One of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks has died. Volunteers tell fans: 'Grieve and feel whatever you feel' Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that manages the popular YouTube livestream of the nest, confirmed the news Saturday.Thousands of trees will go unplanted in Los Angeles after Musk pulls funding Tens of millions of dollars in grants were withdrawn across the country, targeting programs that plant trees in low-income communities.LA County and two cities sue SoCal Edison over damage from deadly Eaton Fire The lawsuits allege that SCE's equipment caused the fire that destroyed swaths of Altadena, prompting massive emergency response and ongoing cleanup costs.Rancho Palos Verdes homes continue to slide into the ocean, but the destruction could have been avoided For years, experts warned against developing the unstable cliff top, but property owners prevailed. Now they’re paying the price.Rob Caves and his partner's Christmas Tree Lane home survived the Eaton Fire, like the majority of houses on his block. But with ash in the air and no drinkable water, few of his neighbors have returned.Reopening of the Palisades was scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday. But on Saturday night, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said checkpoints will remain in place, after she secured additional law enforcement resources from Gov. Gavin Newsom.What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one will say, so we had it testedAs LA veers toward a financial crisis, $320M in liability payouts play a big role
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
LA28 Olympic surfing set for Lower Trestles, south of San ClementeThe surf break is well known among surfers, serving the past four years as the location where surfing world champions were crowned.
Read more »
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service paused in San Clemente againWhether you get your news for the day on your morning drive or while sipping coffee and packing school lunches like me, I keep you up to date on breaking news from overnight or in the early morning.
Read more »
Emergency landslide, erosion repairs halt trains through San Clemente for several weeksTrain service linking Orange and San Diego counties will once again be halted — this time for an estimated six weeks — as crews attempt to reinforce a particularly unstable section of the coastline in San Clemente.
Read more »
Passenger rail service through San Clemente suspended for emergency repairsMetrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train services will be suspended for approximately six weeks starting Monday, April 28, to allow for emergency repairs in San Clemente.
Read more »
Passenger trains suspended for work on tracks at San ClementeBeach replenishment, revetment repairs and wall construction could take up to 6 weeks
Read more »
San Clemente needs sandThe most important stories for you to know today
Read more »