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Shorewords! | Lesley Ewing | Start down the path of becoming trancilient!

Shorewords! | Lesley Ewing | Meet Ann Notthoff: a Legend on the California Coast!

Shorewords! | Lesley Ewing | A conversation with the author of the Chris Black series

Protective structures can help save properties from erosion, but by blocking the natural flow of sand and sediment, they can accelerate erosion elsewhere.

The forces at work along this beach and the rest of the California coast cannot, in the long run, be stopped by a stack of boulders.

The forces at work along this beach and the rest of the California coast cannot, in the long run, be stopped by a stack of boulders

Shorewords! | Lesley Ewing | Another look behind the scenes of a Shore & Beach article.

Frequent damage has long plagued the Pacific Coast Highway. In January, another chunk fell into the ocean after intense rainstorms. Can it be saved?

Frequent damage has long plagued the Pacific Coast Highway. In January, another chunk fell into the ocean after intense rainstorms. Can it be saved?

California’s Highway 1 has been ruptured by a landslide that is expected to keep 23 miles of the iconic road snaking through the state’s rugged coastal cliffs closed for months. A severe winter rain storm last week caused a 150ft fissure along the picturesque thoroughfare tucked against Big Sur, with concrete, trees and mud falling into the sea below. It’s not the first time. Landslides have been a longstanding feature of Highway 1. And with...