Category: beach

Laguna Beach’s Thousand Steps to Close for Construction Until December

Laguna Beach’s infamous Thousand Steps—the 218 stairs leading down to one of the city’s beaches below—will be undergoing “major construction” in order to fix a multitude of safety hazards. The project, which is done by Orange County Parks (OC Parks), will complete repairs of the steps and railings on the stairs. The site will be…


Lightning Strike at Jersey Shore Kills Lifeguard, Injures 7

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J.—A young lifeguard was killed and seven other people, including three other lifeguards, were injured when lightning struck a Jersey Shore beach Monday afternoon, authorities said. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed that a lifeguard in Berkeley Township was killed in the afternoon. It marked the second death of a young lifeguard at…


Archaeologist Discovers Previously Unrecorded WWII Bunker at Base of Cliffs at Saunton Sands in UK

An archaeologist discovered a previously unrecorded WWII bunker—while eating fish and chips on the beach. David Etheridge noticed a concrete structure at the foot of the cliffs at Saunton Sands while on holiday in Devon. He set off to explore and realized it was part of a ruined bunker guarding the beach. Around 10,000 American…


Photographer Snaps Stormy Sublime Sunset—Over Land and Sea—at Carova Beach, NC

A New York photographer recently captured a surreal stormy sunset during a trip to Carova Beach, North Carolina, which left him more than a little impressed. George Wang, who works at an engineering consulting company in the tri-state area, was on a drive with his friends when they noticed something unusual on the horizon. “We…


Tide Pools, Seascapes, and a Fairy-Tale Grove

If you long to escape your surroundings, enter another world, and observe strange little creatures, the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County, California, can’t be beat. Recently, I proposed an early morning day trip to the tide pools, and to my joy, my teenagers consented to go along. You have to go when the…


Life’s a Beach: 6 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Summer

Life’s a beach is a light-hearted phrase that reminds us that there is still so much good in the world to be enjoyed. Slip into complacency, and you’ll miss out on a lot of opportunities for both fun and personal progression. With your Calendar, you can take advantage of both the productivity and fun these…


Damage Forces Evacuation of Miami Beach Apartment Building

A three-story apartment building in South Florida was evacuated after an inspector discovered structural damage in a vacant unit. Fire officials in Miami Beach were called to the residential building Saturday evening, spokesperson Melissa Berthier said in an email. A city building inspector found a flooring system failure and “excessive deflection” on an exterior wall….


Malibu Beach House Balcony Collapse Leaves 9 People Hurt: Officials

A beach house balcony in Malibu, California, collapsed and sent people onto the sand and rocks below, injuring nine people, fire officials said. About 10 or 15 people were on the balcony during what was described as a social gathering on a home along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, officials told KTLA. Then, according to…


4 Dead Whales Wash Ashore on San Francisco Bay Area Beaches

Four dead gray whales washed ashore on San Francisco Bay area beaches in nine days, with experts announcing that two of the giant aquatic mammals died from ship strikes and an investigation is ongoing Saturday on the other two. Biologists with the non-profit Marine Mammal Center in California said in a release Saturday that two…


Can You Spot 10 Differences in This Balmy Tropical Beach Scene? (Yes, We Want to Go, Too)

Imaging escaping to the place we’re all dreaming of as we bemoan the bitter cold of winter: the bundling up, the scraping of windshields on a freezing Monday morning before heading to work. While it might be impossible to hit the white sands on a tropical beach some place south of the 20th parallel right…