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A surfer gang may be wiping out at Lunada Bay. The race for L.A. County D.A. is not even close, a new poll found. Find a breathtaking autumn spectacle in the Eastern Sierra.
Lunada Bay is the stuff big wave surfers’ dreams are made of. During a heavy swell, 20-foot waves unfurl in a perfect right-hand line, delivering a potent blend of adrenaline and serenity. “It ...
Whether the Bay Boys are on par with a street gang, she said, is “squishy.” In some ways, descriptions of them fit the bill. They’ve been around for decades, allegedly threaten, harass ...
Otten asked if surfers at Lunada Bay gave deference to people who'd been coming there for longer. "That’s respect, not rules," Lee said. When asked why he called himself a pirate, Lee said, "I just ...
Spencer and Miernik initially named 12 members of the Lunada Bay Boys as defendants. Over the years, all but one settled, agreeing to pay fines or to stay away from the beach for a year. By the time ...
For nearly the last half-century, a group of California surfers known as the Bay Boys have jealously protected access to the waves of Lunada Bay with verbal abuse, threats and vandalism, sometimes ...
Michael Forte, a nearly 30-year Lunada Bay resident, said in a post on the Nextdoor social network that although he knows some of the Bay Boys and believes they are decent, he wouldn’t dare go ...
Lunada Bay is the stuff big wave surfers' dreams are made of. During a heavy swell, 20-foot waves unfurl in a perfect right-hand line, delivering a potent blend of adrenaline and serenity. “It ...
The image of a group of middle-age trust-fund babies harassing outsiders who dare try to share the waves at Lunada Bay has long intrigued observers outside Palos Verdes Estates and the surfing world.
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