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Broad Beach, Malibu

High tide at Broad Beach in Malibu. Extreme weather and rising tides have take away most of the sand.

High tide at Broad Beach in Malibu. Extreme weather and rising tides have take away most of the sand.   (Christina House / For The Times)

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In recent years, punishing winter storms and high tides have swept away much of the 1.1-mile oceanfront lined with multimillion-dollar homes. To protect their seaside showplaces, residents have piled sandbags and built a massive emergency rock wall. Now, under orders from state coastal officials, they are fighting against time to seek a more permanent solution.

Broad Beach, Malibu

The state gave emergency permission for the rock wall on the condition that residents would come up with a stabilization plan by 2015.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Broad Beach, Malibu

At high tide, Joe Dombroski fishes from stairs leading to the beach over a rock wall that was built as an emergency measure.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Broad Beach, Malibu

Malibu resident Scott Bentley runs along Broad Beach with his dogs. In the 2008-09 storm season, Malibu granted homeowners emergency permits to pile up sandbags, but most disintegrated in the pounding waves.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Broad Beach, Malibu

Malibu resident Scott Bentley runs along Broad Beach with his dogs at low tide.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Broad Beach, Malibu

High tide at Broad Beach. To protect their properties, residents have piled sandbags and, more recently, built an emergency rock wall to hold back the tides.  (Christina House / For The Times)

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