Heavy surf pounds the Southern California coast, prompting warnings and shutting down piers

A large wave crashes over the rocks as viewed from the Redondo Beach Pier. Residents with homes along Pacific Coast Highway in part of Ventura County were under an evacuation warning “due to high surf impacting structures in the area,” the Ventura County Fire Department said in a post on social media. “We were able to open up for the weekend.” A man walks near the volleyball courts as high surf pounds the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier on Saturday. He said that’s one of several compounding factors, along with beach erosion and long-term sea-level rise driven by climate change, that in the coming years “will contribute to more coastal flooding events like the ones we’ve seen this weekend.” “I think we have to be aware that there’s a lot of infrastructure and assets that are going to be exposed,” Sanders said. Nearby, at Old Princeton Landing restaurant and bar, employee Jon Dorn said surfers were continuing to paddle into waves on Saturday, though “it’s a little smaller than Thursday.” Meanwhile, Saturday’s storm brought up to three-fourths of an inch of rain to Los Angeles and Ventura counties, while nearly 2 inches fell in Santa Barbara County, according to the weather service.