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A curated mix of original blog posts and news items about resilience planning in California and around the world. Knowledge is power 🗞️ .

King Tide 2022
LA Times🔗

New Bay Area Maps Show Hidden Flood Risk from Sea Level Rise and Groundwater

King Tides street floording
California Coastal Commission🔗

California King Tides Project

High tide goes right up to homes at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point, CA, on Monday, October 24, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mercury News🔗

Can Southern California save its disappearing beaches?

Scientists hope reef balls like these, in waters near Chula Vista, California, will ultimately help protect the coast from erosion made worse by climate change.
Phys.org🔗

To save California coasts, scientists turn to the humble oyster

Hurricane Ian is bringing historic storm surge. It holds lessons for California's coast Stinson Beach in California on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.
San Francisco Chronicle🔗

Hurricane Ian is bringing historic storm surge. It holds lessons for California's coast.

State Agency Sea-Level Rise Action Plan for California
Ocean Protection Council🔗

Ocean Protection Council Releases the State Agency Sea-Level Rise Action Plan for California - a first-of-its-kind, highly coordinated effort to outline a roadmap toward coastal resiliency for the state

sea level rise forecasts
KOAT Channel 7🔗

A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster in history

Eureka City Council adopts recommendations to address sea level rise
Krctv🔗

Eureka City Council adopts recommendations to address sea level rise

bay area sea level rise
KQED🔗

See a Map of Bay Area Hazardous Sites at Risk From Rising Seas

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Public Policy Institute of California 🔗

A Large California Water Utility Prepares for Climate Change

Stanford researchers reveal add-on benefits of natural defenses against sea-level rise
Stanford | News Service 🔗

Stanford researches reveal add-on benefits of natural defenses against sea-level rise

Gary Griggs
Santa Cruz Sentinel 🔗

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | Our climate crisis not going away

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Santa Barbara Independent🔗

Santa Barbara to Address Sea-Level Rise with $2M in Grants

Sea level rise is a threat to all Californians, whether they live near the coast or not
KCRA 3🔗

Sea level rise is a threat to all Californians, whether they live near the coast or not

Gleason Beach Erosion
San Francisco Chronicle🔗

California’s radical plan to defend homes from sea level rise: move them

The Maze-Bay Bridge
KQED🔗

How Rising Sea Levels Could Push Up a 'Toxic Soup' Into Bay Area Neighborhoods

To Understand Sea Level Rise, This Climate Artist Wants You to Feel It in Your Body
KQED🔗

To Understand Sea Level Rise, This Climate Artist Wants You to Feel It in Your Body

Yale SLR toxic floods
Yale Climate Connections🔗

Sea-level rise could bring toxic floods to California coast

Sea Level Rise Will Be Catastrophic—and Unequal
Wired🔗

Sea Level Rise Will Be Catastrophic—and Unequal

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns
Los Angeles Times🔗

Urgent action needed to address climate change’s catastrophic threats, U.N. report warns

IPC SLR Adaptation
NRDC🔗

IPCC: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Is Essential, Not Optional

Beach erosion, bluff collapse, flooding: What a foot of sea level rise could mean for San Diego
The San Diego Union-Tribune 🔗

Beach erosion, bluff collapse, flooding: What a foot of sea level rise could mean for San Diego

Daily Pilot SLR story
Daily Pilot🔗

With critical infrastructure at risk due to sea level rising, San Clemente approves coastal resiliency plan

California King Tides Project
The California King Tides Project

The California King Tides Project

KQED sea level rise
KQED🔗

Bay Area King Tide Floods Foreshadow Future Climate Risk

California King Tides Project
California King Tides Project🔗

The season's first King Tides are this weekend, Dec. 4 & 5!

KTLA SLR
KTLA🔗

What L.A. County will look like with sea level rise, according to scientific projections

CBS Los Angeles story 10-14-21
CBS Los Angeles🔗

New Climate Models Show Much Of Southern California Underwater

OC Register SLR
Orange County Register🔗

State sea-level rise laws advance as urgency surges

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Sea Level Rise Affects All of State, Writes OPC Chief Mark Gold

Imperial Beach Bayshore Bike Path

Imperial Beach: Viewing Sea Level Rise as a Chance to Improve Lives

SLR and surfing
Surfrider Foundation🔗

Sea Level Rise and Surfing

High Tide
LA Times🔗

Editorial: As Sea Levels Rise, California Must Increase Coastal Commission Funding

LAT SLR
Los Angeles Times🔗

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim