Why one small stretch of Long Beach keeps getting pounded with damaging waves

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Jeremiah Dobruck and John Donegan | Long Beach Post, as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · October 10, 2026 · 1 min read

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Locals and members of the media fill the boardwalk as king tides slam the wooden bulkhead on the Peninsula in Long Beach, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 (Thomas R. Cordova / Long Beach Post) Long Beach is famously surrounded by a breakwater to protect its harbor, but that massive barrier hasn’t been able...

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