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Fourth Carmel River Lagoon "Emergency" Since October
Can we make it five before the end of the year? Dozers work, yet again, to breach the Carmel Lagoon sandbar after waves, yet again, brought water dangerously close to the floor level of Lagoon-bottom … more →
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Fourth Carmel River Lagoon "Emergency" Since October
xasauan wrote 11 hours ago: Can we make it five before the end of the year? Dozers work, yet again, to breach the Carmel Lagoon … more →
Tsunami Inundation Maps Released
xasauan wrote 1 week ago: For those who like to dwell on future calamity, the California Geologic Survey released a set of Tsu … more →
Third Carmel River Lagoon "Emergency" Since October
xasauan wrote 2 weeks ago: Some gentle rain, a high tide, and it’s another “emergency” for the homes on the b … more →
Second Carmel Lagoon "Emergency" in Less Than a Month
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xasauan wrote 1 month ago: The water rises Heavy surf began throwing waves over the sandbar late last night and by four in the … more →
Waves Rebuild Carmel River Lagoon Sandbar
xasauan wrote 2 months ago: Less than a week after the County drained the Carmel Lagoon to prevent flooding, waves have thrown u … more →
Carmel Lagoon Breached in Annual "Emergency" Ritual
xasauan wrote 2 months ago: The Carmel River Lagoon drains into the ocean through the newly bulldozed cut Every year when the Ca … more →
The Not-So-Great Monterey Beach Cross Debate
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xasauan wrote 3 months ago: As the Topix forums for commenting on local news stories are populated almost entirely by trolls foc … more →
Carmel Beach Sandcastle Contest
xasauan wrote 3 months ago: Just to prove that the Carmel Beach isn’t only for shivering tourists and sex-crazed teenagers … more →
Feds Threaten Seizure of Ft. Ord Dunes and Pt. Sur
xasauan wrote 6 months ago: Federal, state and local functionaries were all smiles at the Grand Opening of Ft. Ord Dunes State P … more →
Public Officials Endure Fort Ord Dunes State Park Grand Opening
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xasauan wrote 8 months ago: The Ribbon Cutting – Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado tries to wipe the sand out of his eyes while S … more →
AT&T Pro-Am Hits the Beach - And Almost Hits Us
xasauan wrote 10 months ago: While we appreciate the boost the AT&T Pro-Am gives our local economy and are grateful for the m … more →
Big Rain Coming?
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xasauan wrote 10 months ago: So far, we’ve been lucky. We’ve gotten through November, December, January and half of F … more →
"No Matter How Much Concrete They Pour, All those Seawalls and Houses will End Up in the Ocean"
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xasauan wrote 11 months ago: - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Climatologist Bill Patzert, as quoted in the LA Times Heavy equipme … more →
2008 Year in Review
xasauan wrote 12 months ago: Well it’s been an interesting year, here at Xasáuan Today. We’ve looked at the Monterey … more →
Marina's Dunes Project and the Magic of the Market
xasauan wrote 1 year ago: “It was a vast jumbled waste created by sub-human or pre-human monsters in a delirium of greed.” – H … more →
The High Cost of Life in the Surf Zone
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xasauan wrote 1 year ago: Life on the beach: Monterey’s Ocean House Condos We’re thinking of starting a betting pool. Exactly … more →
The Rising Tide
xasauan wrote 1 year ago: The Beach: Coming soon to a neighborhood near you? About 18,000 years ago, at the end of the last i … more →
Today Marina, Tomorrow the County - Mayor Ila Mettee-McCutchon's Civic Uglification Project
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xasauan wrote 1 year ago: Marina Mayor and candidate for the 4th District Seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Il … more →
Castles in the Sand - Sand City's Idiotic Drive to Build on a Vanishing Beach
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xasauan wrote 1 year ago: While most Monterey County cities are desperately looking for ways to build up their commercial base … more →
