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Bicyclists ride on the beach near Tide Park in Solana Beach Tuesday. Solana Beach has spent four years drafting a shoreline management plan. JAMIE SCOTT LYTLE/North County Times  
Times  

Shoreline plan

Solana Beach hopes to keep coastal management alive

In an effort to avoid the Coastal Commission's denial of their coastal management plan Thursday, Solana Beach city leaders and staff plan to meet with commission staff today in a last-ditch effort to keep their plan alive. (North County Times)
Long Beach will trade city land for acreage in the heart of the Los Cerritos Wetlands. The marsh will then be sold to the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority. LORI SHEPLER/Los Angeles Times  
Times  

Land swap

Long Beach, developer OK wetlands preservation deal

Long Beach officials agreed to a land swap with a developer that would preserve 175 acres of hotly contested urban salt marsh, some of the last remnants of a once-vibrant wetland at the mouth of the San Gabriel River. (Los Angeles Times)

A U.S. Geological Survey digital underwater camera system, referred to as the “Coral Imaging System,” is deployed in approximately 33 feet of water off Hawaii Kai in eastern Maunalua Bay. The camera helps monitor the health of coral heads. USGS  
USGS  

Quality checkup

Monitoring project gauges health of Maunalua Bay

Oahu's scenic Maunalua Bay is undergoing a thorough physical exam. Every five minutes, nine instruments on the ocean floor measure temperature, salinity, currents, waves, turbidity and other aspects of the water. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

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