Jul 22, 2021
WASHINGTON – Surrounded on three sides by the San Francisco Bay, residents of Richmond are used to being near the ocean. But as rising seas threaten to bring it even closer, Mayor Tom Butt is candid about the risks.
“It basically takes out a significant chunk of Richmond,” he said from the low-lying peninsula city, where little more than a road or narrow beach separates the ocean from densely populated neighborhoods, elegant seaside mansions and cliff cottages.
Parts of Richmond are estimated to be at risk from a 91-centimeter increase in sea levels, even as the waters of the Pacific Ocean along California’s coast are projected to rise by more than twice that due to climate change this century.
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Hermosa taps out in match against CrossFit Horsepower
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by Daniel Blackburn
Hermosa Beach will be paying a cash settlement to owners of a now shuttered fitness gym following an agreement approved in closed session May 25 by the city council.
Notice of the currently-confidential agreement was filed in federal court on June 15.
The city’s amount to be paid to Jed Sanford and his business partner Dan Wells, who owned CrossFit Horsepower on Cypress Avenue, has not been disclosed, but should be known July 13 when it will appear on a check register as part of a city council meeting packet. City officials are currently negotiating the taxpayers’ share with its insurance carrier.