Orange County Register

OCTA details cost of adding sand in coastal armoring proposal for tracks in San Clemente

A sand buffer the size of 285 football fields to block waves from hitting the train tracks where they run beachfront in San Clemente has been added as part the Orange County Transportation Authority’s ...
Los Angeles Times

Beach sand softens OCTA’s hard armoring proposal for San Clemente’s train tracks

With some beaches in San Clemente so barren from erosion that waves crash up against passing trains, transportation officials are urgently looking to add sand to their plans to protect the troubled ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Del Mar bemoans loss of sand, beach in efforts to protect bluff-top train tracks, but is warned: ‘It is imperative that these walls go up as soon as possible.’

Residents of the wealthy coastal city whose crumbling bluffs are endangering the only rail line from San Diego to the rest of the nation are balking at measures being taken to shore up the vital ...
Sacramento Bee

These tracks aren’t from tires. Rangers solve mystery of strange tracks at CA beach

Jabba the Hutt isn’t wandering a California beach — but mysterious tracks found in a parking lot made it seem possible. Park rangers at Point Reyes National Seashore recently found a trail of sand ...
WESH

Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass project on track for major savings and beach protection

STAFFED LIFEGUARD TOWER. A MORE THAN $40 MILLION BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT IS MEANT TO NOT ONLY PROTECT OUR BEACHES IN BREVARD COUNTY, BUT ALSO SAVE SOME MONEY WITH A NEW APPROACH, WESH 2 NEWS ...