Gwen Hilburn

A $75-million downtown Long Beach retail and residential complex has been approved. Opponents say Queensway Bay project should come first.

Within the 25-acre Hazard Park on the Eastside, there is a 2-acre wetland section. It is surrounded by development. Protectors are ready to fight.

Nine thousand gallons of effluent has been illegally discharged onto Crystal Cove Beach. Runoff is the prime culprit in coastal pollution.

Governor Davis signed a bill to purchase 19,000 acres of salt flats south of the San Francisco Airport for $25 million.

An additional $30 million may be needed to complete the restoration of the 12,000 acres of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands near Huntington Beach.