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Jun 23 2026ENVIRONMENT

Oceanside’s beaches: a 70-year wait for sand and solutions

For nearly three-quarters of a century, Oceanside’s shoreline has been slowly vanishing. Decades of sand loss due to a military harbor built in 1942 left the city with shrinking beaches and rising flood risks. Local leaders have begged for help since 1953, but federal progress only started moving in

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