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About 150 feet of pier section at the end of the Northern California wharf collapsed. The end of the pier that broke off had been shut down for repairs caused by prior storms.
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The Long Wharf in Santa Monica, also known as Port Los Angeles or the Mile Long Pier, was an extensive pier wharf constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in Santa Monica Bay from 1892 to 1894. When it opened in 1894, it was the longest wharf in the world, measuring approximately 4,700 feet (1,400 m).
[3] [5] The California State Supreme Court later found the city of Long Beach "negligent for the rotted wooden pier pilings". [1] After the upper deck collapsed in 1913, the city wanted to demolish the entire structure but residents lobbied for a restoration, and a reconstructed Pine Avenue Pier opened in 1915. [6]
Name Location Picture Avila Beach Pier [1]: Avila Beach: Berkeley Pier: Berkeley: Capitola Wharf [2]: Capitola: Pleasure Pier [3]: Catalina Island: Cayucos: Goleta: Hermosa Beach
About 11:30 p.m. Thursday, first responders rushed onto the sand near a Cirque du Soleil Kooza set up on the beach to try to free a person trapped under a silver SUV, according to KABC.