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At least a dozen rescue units from local and state agencies were dispatched to the area, responding to reports of swimmers struggling to return to shore.

Harbor officials are worried about the possibility of a fish die-off. That's because usually when anchovies show up in these numbers, aerators are brought in to pump oxygen into the water but right now, the machines are in the shop for their annual maintenance.

"We had a very large northwest swell with a low tide during that time, and the transit out of the harbor and into the ocean was very dangerous."

"The fact of the matter is there are a few east-west travel ways in the county, and we're blocking one of them for a period of time," port engineer Mike Hopper told SFGATE. "This is a complicated project. They're working over water, and the safety for work crews and the public was deemed necessary to close the bridge."

"We're going to be monitoring this very closely to ensure that we're having the least amount of impacts on our community as possible," said Supervisor Justin Cummings, speaking about the farm-specific pilot program.

The beach cut-through traffic is also increasingly becoming a safety hazard, residents say. In an area that's already particularly prone to wildfires, and whose residents are particularly concerned about emergency preparedness.

Amy Winehouse's rise to fame in the mid-2000s transformed her into a music icon, earning her the most Grammy Awards by any British female artist.

At the time the Wharf collapsed, we were on the Cowell side about one quarter of the way to the end of the Wharf, just getting ready to do another patrol. And that's when something alerted me to look out at the end of the Wharf, which I believe was the cracking of the pilings.

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf collapsed during high surf, sending three construction workers into the ocean. Quick action by the lifeguards led to rescues without serious injuries.

Escalante-Torres and Ramirez-Avelar executed a plan on Sept. 22, 2016, to fatally shoot a man, unaffiliated with a rival gang, who would routinely walk late at night to pick up his fiancée at a taqueria.