In late April, the board approved plans to install natural-looking wooden posts connected by metal chains between the sidewalk and the bluffs to encourage pedestrians to stay off the cliffs and use beach access stairs.
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Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
The property encompasses a half-acre-plus bluff overlooking Thousand Steps Beach with a pool, spa and multiple viewing terraces, offering coastal views as far west as Catalina Island.
Welcome to 2026, the year when stars went on the shelf and seasons went off a cliff.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
The result is an animal that can drop out of the sky faster than many race cars can drive, yet delicate enough to land on a cliff edge moments later, almost as though nothing extraordinary had happened at all.
In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators crawl along a deep trench, digging three metres down before swinging sharply to dump bucketloads of earth into a rising embankment.
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John Bartlett,
NPR,
23 May 2026
The car tumbled down an embankment into thick foliage, pictures posted on social media by Millers Creek Fire Department showed.
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Joe Marusak
May 16,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2026
Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.
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