Local Flavor

Ocean/Coastal Erosion

Hat tip to daytrip for sending this along, from the latimes.com: At Surfers Point in Ventura, California is beginning its retreat from the ocean. Construction crews are removing a crumbling bike path, ripping out a 120-space parking lot and laying down sand and...

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Rumor Mill

Some days the project at hand doesn't tell much of a story, so it gets dropped.  Today's idea was to check zillow's zestimates vs. actual sales prices in Carmel Valley, CA 92130.  There were 21 detached sales since December 1st where zillow knew the sales price, yet...

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You Knew This Was Coming…

From the nctimes.com: San Diego County officials, who took the lead on the operation because the property is in an unincorporated county pocket, maintain that the materials posed a threat to the surrounding neighborhood. That may be so. But Steven A. McKinley, the...

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Historical Aerial Photos

Hat tip to AL for sending along this link to this fascinating website of old-time aerial photos.  You can plug in addresses, and see the same location over time: http://www.historicaerials.com/ Here's an example - Sea World, circa 1964, and 2005:

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