Anders Aannestad News Today

Del Mar residents filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the North County Transit District’s railroad fencing project along the Del Mar Bluffs.

Group seeks injunction to stop safety project along train tracks

Homeowners had sued state agency; owner to donate $140,000 as part of legal settlement

SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — Solana Beach has a weak spot in its armor, and the California Coastal Commission is refusing to let homeowners fix it. Most of the city’s seaside homes sit nearly 90 feet above the beach behind a carefully crafted, faux-rock seawall that protects the base of the cliffs from the erosion of the surf. At high tide, Solana Beach has no beach. The waves crash against the concrete walls almost everywhere except Fletcher Cove, which the town fathers carved out from the bluf...

Print Solana Beach has a weak spot in its armor, and the California Coastal Commission is refusing to let homeowners fix it. Most of the city’s seaside abodes sit nearly 90 feet above the beach behind a carefully crafted, faux-rock sea wall that protects the base of the cliffs from the erosion of the surf. At high tide, Solana Beach has no beach. The waves crash against the concrete walls almost everywhere except Fletcher Cove, which the town fathers carved out from the bluffs with fire hoses...