And more of what's happening along the SoCal coast
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Coastal Commission set to decide on desalination plant By Heather McRea | This week in Coast Lines: Today’s Coastal Commission hearing is the last, and biggest, hurdle for Poseidon Water’s desalination plant proposed in Huntington Beach. Plus, a Coastal Conservancy gift shaves millions off what needs to be raised to buy Banning Ranch, and homes burn in a coastal wildfire. Here’s what’s happening along the Southern California coast. |
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| Decision time The California Coastal Commission is expected to vote today, May 12, on Poseidon Water’s proposal to build a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach. The project 20 years in the making has slogged through getting various other levels of approvals, but this decision is expected to go a long way to determine if one of the nation’s biggest proposed desalination plants is ever built. We’ve assembled some of the key questions that will be debated. Read the story. |
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Securing Banning Ranch Efforts to purchase Banning Ranch to preserve the Newport Beach land as public open space are millions closer to their goal. The Banning Ranch Conservancy needs $97 million to buy the 384 acres, considered one of the last and biggest privately owned, largely undeveloped properties along the coast. The Coastal Conservancy gift just announced gets them pretty close. Read the story. |
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| Homes lost A fire swept through a canyon near the Laguna Beach coast and into homes along a ridge, burning about 20 by Thursday morning. Laguna Niguel neighborhoods near Aliso Woods Canyon and a popular luxury resort were forced to evacuate as firefighters tried to wrangle the brush fire. “The fuel beds in this county, throughout Southern California, throughout the West are so dry that fire like this is going to be more commonplace,” OCFA Chief Brian Fennessy said Wednesday night as he gave an update on efforts to control the blaze and protect homes. “Five years ago, 10 years ago, a fire like this would likely have been stopped very small.” Read the story. |
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What else? The potential for plastics pollution and concerns about the use of artificial turf were raised during environmental reviews of the 6,200-seat amphitheater proposed as part of the San Pedro waterfront rehab. Read the story. Here is one thing that will help the Port of Long Beach reach zero-emissions operations by 2030 for terminal equipment and 2035 for trucks. Read the story. The BeachLife Festival returns to Redondo Beach this weekend, here’s who is playing and how you can watch it. Read the story. |
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| In the ocean Usually anyone launching themselves above the crashing waves at the Huntington Beach Pier are doing it on some kind of surfboard. But over the weekend, the Huntington Beach Moto-Surf & Freeride returned for the first time since 2019 and all the high flying was done on watercraft. Read the story. |
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