Rosanna Xia

As sea levels rise, so will groundwater. A new study shows where rising groundwater could lead to flooding and damage in California.

Before Manhattan Beach shut it down, Bruce’s Beach was a famous Black-owned beach resort. Now, some want the city to atone for its actions.

John Muir, a towering figure among environmentalists, made harmful and disparaging remarks about Native Americans and Black people.

A woman, whose racist, anti-Asian tirades last month shocked the public and the city of Torrance, has a warrant out for her arrest in connection to a confrontation separate from those recently captured on cellphone videos at a park.

Flooding hits Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach amid high tide and surf. Residents started July 4 by shoveling sand and water out of their driveways.

Heal the Bay’s annual survey of California beaches gives high water-quality marks to 92% of beaches. Six of the dirtiest were in the Bay Area.

A fantastical sea creature that uses mucus to eat planet-warming CO2 has long been a mystery of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

With social distancing rules in place, Memorial Day ceremonies across Southern California were replaced by virtual gatherings.

A move to streamline construction of seawalls in Orange and San Diego counties would doom public beaches, environmentalists say.

When Newsom ordered a temporary ‘hard close’ of Orange County beaches, he touched a nerve in a state where a day at the beach is akin to a birthright.