Pacifica Pier

The Pacifica Pier reopened to the public on Friday. The pier had been closed since January when it was damaged by king tides from a winter storm.

Instead of avoiding the situation surrounding the protests from Thursday night, the Kings are embracing the chance to make a difference. And on Sunday, they had help from the Boston Celtics.

A safety commission unanimously voted Wednesday to reject an appeal by Pacifica residents who want to overturn the city’s decision to yellow-tag their apartment complex.

A week after Pacifica demolished an apartment on a crumbling cliff, city leaders are asking a safety commission to reject an appeal by residents who want to overturn a decision to yellow-tag the property after geologists have cited a “clear danger” because of the continuous erosion there.

Crumbling cliffs have forced dozens to leave their homes in Pacifica as EL Nino-fueled storms batter the coast.

U.S. Coast Guard rescuers pulled a man out of the water off Pacifica after he and a woman were swept out to sea Tuesday afternoon. According to witnesses, the woman, dressed in a bathing suit, was wading ankle-deep in the water near the Pacifica Pier when a strong wave knocked her over. The man, in trying to hold onto and...

Federal, state and local leaders in Pacifica were poised Wednesday to address the coastal city’s crumbling cliffs and yellow-tagged structures damaged during this month’s El Niño-fueled storms.

Some Pacifica residents are digging in their heels and refusing to leave their homes although the cliff upon which their apartment complex stands is sliding into the ocean.

The Pacifica city council on Monday approved an emergency declaration after storms caused by El Niño battered the city’s coastline, leaving behind a sinkhole, a damaged sea wall and a trail of destruction.

Pacifica declared a state of emergency Friday after storms caused by El Niño slammed into the city’s coastline, leaving behind a sinkhole, a damaged sea wall and a trail of destruction.

Relentless waves pounding against the seashore in Pacifica washed out a section of retaining wall and sidewalk along Beach Boulevard at Santa Maria Avenue. Crews spent the day Sunday building a makeshift wall with boulders to protect nearby homes. They returned Monday morning, after high tide, to shore up their work.

A ship container that was once loaded with bread washed ashore on San Francisco’s Baker Beach, where crews were busy on Monday trying to clean up the mess.

Firefighters and police responded Saturday morning to a report of a ship in distress off the coast of Pacifica, police said.