The Newport Beach City Council may have ended years of back and forth over the disposal of contaminated sediment dredged from Newport Harbor after approving a plan Tuesday to use it for a pier ...

The Santa Barbara County Flood Control District has been approved for a grant up to $1.2 million to develop the Beach Sediment Management and Resilience Tactics (Beach SMART) Project. The project, ...

Dark sediment taken from the beaches near burn scar areas at Santa Monica Channel and Topanga Creek do not contain any chemicals that would classify it as hazardous waste, the Los Angeles County ...

Due to recent rainfall and the increased chance of future storms, the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will begin sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach Park. The sediment deposit ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Public Works Department will start sediment deposit operations at Goleta Beach on Jan. 11 following heavy rains across the county. Santa Barbara ...

Both macroplastics and microplastics are widely recognized problems in marine environments globally. The volume of plastics in marine ecosystems is a growing number and issue. Both macroplastics and ...

A proposed project on the coast to remove sediment built up inside the Pillar Point Harbor outer breakwater and move it to Surfers Beach for reuse is progressing, with a late spring to summer starting ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Flood Control District has been approved for a grant up to $1.2 million to ...