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www.SDNEWS.com Volume 27, Number 13
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
El Niño takes a crack at Sunset Cliffs
Massive waves pound OB pier
Winter storms accelerate erosion BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON Sunset Cliffs is on (a) crack. So much so that part of the Ocean Beach landform, which developed a sizable split beneath Point Loma Nazarene University during the last storm event, could come tumbling down. Perhaps soon, according to Prof. Pat Abbott. “The crack literally is wide enough to stick your arm in — if you dare,” said Abbott, a San Diego State Signs at Sunset Cliffs urge visiSEE CRACK, Page 16
tors to keep off unstable areas of PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWAB the park.
San Diego lifeguards, city agree on expanded health coverage BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
Huge waves crashed onto the Ocean Beach Pier over the weekend due to strong wind and rain. This image was shot on Friday, Jan. 29 before SDPD and lifeguards closed the pier after a massive wave knocked down and injured a young woman who was walking on it. PHOTO BY JIM GRANT
San Diego lifeguards, who recently approved a new contract proposal with the city dealing with “presumptive illness coverage,” got some — but not all — of what they were looking for in the deal. “But it's a big step in the right direction,” said Ed Har-
ris, former District 2 city councilman and the lifeguards union spokesman. Presumptive illness coverage protections feature workers compensation benefits implemented to protect employees who have high risk of injury and hazardous expoSEE BENEFITS, Page 16
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