Clashes over public access at Lunada Bay
A Palos Verdes Estates police officer watches for trouble at Lunada Bay, where local surfers have clashed with outsiders.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A man records a small group of surf outsiders challenging the Bay Boys’ efforts to keep the surf spot to themselves at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates on Feb. 5, 2016.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A Palos Verdes Estates police officer checks on outsider surfers Jordan and Diana Milena, left, and Cory Spencer, before they hit the waves at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates on Feb. 5, 2016.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A group of outsiders checks the conditions early in the morning before surfing at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A surfer with a small group of outsiders challenging the Bay Boys rides a wave at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates on Feb. 5, 2016.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A stone fort at Lunada Bay will need to be demolished or undergo a rigorous permitting process. The California Coastal Commission is cracking down on access problems at the Palos Verdes Estates surf spot.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)With police watching for trouble from the bluff top, outsider Diana Milena, 28, of Malibu, who filed a police report for harassment by the Bay Boys, stands in the locals’ hangout fort.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A stone fort constructed by locals at Lunada Bay will need to be demolished or undergo rigorous permitting procedures, the California Coastal Commission said.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)With police watching for trouble from nearby blufftops, an outsider heads out to surf at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates on Feb. 5, 2016.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)The Coastal Commission has funds available to improve the pathways from the bluff down to shore to aid public access to Lunada Bay.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)