In my final blog post, I’ll be discussing this beach in Long Beach, CA using a community based lens. When I arrived to the Rosie’s Dog Beach, I could see that it stretched several acres. What I didn’t see when I scanned the area, strangely enough, were dogs. At first, I saw many beach volleyball Read More
For my last blog post, I decided to go to a beach a little closer to home. I say a little because it was still about 45 minutes away from my home. The lens I’ll be using is a local/family tradition lens, because I’ll talk about a lot of the things I like to do Read More
I decided to write about one of my favorite beaches in Laguna. I frequented here almost every week when I used to lived 20 minutes away, so it was very nice to go back. During this visit I took specific note of the use of photography at Victoria Beach. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Read More
I have been working along side Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Ventura Public Health, and Ventura Waters, and some affiliates of CSU Channel Islands on a water quality project. In my research with SCCWRP, we run water quality tests to indicate the amount of fecal pollution around two local Ventura County beaches: Surfer’s Point Read More
Lens: educational, community, spiritual I had the opportunity to visit the Santa Rosa Island and stay at CI’s research station for one of my early childhood studies classes. Apparently we were the last group to visit for the season until it opens back up in the Spring. It was such a cool worthwhile experience! We Read More
There are very few places I’ve visited that have completely taken my breath away. One of those places was La Jolla Beach and Tide Pools in San Diego County. There was something about its sheer beauty and serenity that left me breathless, especially, because I wasn’t expecting it. My friends and I just so happened Read More
Over the weekend, I visited the beautiful city of San Francisco. My best friend lives there and I decided to drive up and spend a few nights at her apartment in the city. I am always blown away by how beautiful San Francisco is there coast is super beautiful. I loved watching the waves come Read More
The beach I visited for my third and final beach blog was La Jolla Beach in Point Mugu State Park, otherwise known as Thornhill Broome State Beach Campground. “La Jolla” actually refers to the hiking trail inland from this beach, so it may be more accurate to refer to it as the Thornhill Broome beach. Read More
Hueneme Pier is a small fishing pier in the middle of Hueneme Beach park. Originally constructed to facilitate the construction of a sewer outfall pipe in 1956, the pier has since been remodeled and extended to serve as a public fishing spot. Currently, the pier and surrounding beach back up to a heavily residential area, Read More
During our time in class, we learned a lot about human beings causing coastal development and how that could bring dire consequences. When I had my visit to Laguna Beach that was all I could think about, so I’m going to make this blog post through an environmental lens. My visit to Laguna Beach was Read More
