This year's They Will Surf Again Santa Monica has been postponed, LIfe Rolls On announced it this morning:

Out of an abundance of caution and concern, we are postponing They Will Surf Again. The health and well being of our entire LROhana is of the utmost importance to us. And because many members of our “family” live with disabilities that already tax their immunity, we are committed to not creating circumstances that contribute to greater stress on the immune system.

Of course, we will continue to closely follow local guidelines and will issue updates as they become available.

Stay safe and love life. Because life loves you.



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This shot of PCH from a few weeks ago is what the city is expecting will happen this upcoming weekend.

LA County Public Health director Barbara Ferrer is begging people to stay home. She talked to KBUU 99.1 about this upcoming weekend:

“I do want to really beg people who are in LA County: please do not go to Ventura to use their outdoor spaces.”

“You’ll overwhelm a county that has that is trying to sort of relax some of the restrictions for the residents … and do so in a sensible way. And you could because you’ll be in closer contact with lots of other people you could inadvertently come back infected yourself.”

Ferrer is the person with the key to the beaches in Malibu and the rest of L A County … and she is not going to open the gates.

Extra sheriff’s deputies are being brought in to Malibu this weekend to make sure that the anticipated hordes of people heading to the beaches beyond the county line keep moving … and do not stop at Zuma … Westward or any of the other beaches in Malibu.

Read the full story at KBUU 99.1

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According to Surfline, "NW Pacific remains active – medium to locally strong swells for the US West Coast"



"High-pressure in the eastern half of the North Pacific is expected to expand over the western US by the second half of the week and will likely remain in that relative position through at least the weekend of the 25th-26th and possibly beyond. That should set up a couple of different things: increased short period NW swell for the middle to second half of the week for California and also warming temps – with significant warming expected in some areas.."



"Just a small pulse for Southern California. Look for larger swell for the end of the work week and the weekend for the Golden State."

The average water temps as of April 20th.

This run through the skate park was filmed two days after they stopped putting sand in it.



For full coverage of the skate park's burial, see this story: VENICE SKATE PARK GETS BURIED

According to Surfline, "NW Pacific remains active – swells favor Hawaii, but California to get waves as well"



"High-pressure in the eastern half of the North Pacific has weakened some in recent days and we’ll see a pair of lows impact California in the shorter term. There is potential for light rain on Saturday morning in some areas and again early next week, but that shouldn’t be anywhere close to what we experienced during the week of the 6th. High pressure is expected to rebuild along the coast and eventually over California for the middle to back half of the upcoming week. That should kick up some shorter period NW swell and we should also see a warming trend."

Join Life Rolls On founder Jesse Billauer onSaturday April 18th at 1:00PM for a Life Rolls On Zoom Call

"Feel free to ask me any questions you would like. Let’s chat and catch up with each other."

ZOOM only has room for 100 of us, so the call is "first come, first serve." I hope to see you Monday."

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87183538616?pwd=MmNsWE9JWnZJU1J4SENraVRoZDFDUT09

Meeting ID: 871-8353-8616
Password: 8nsbgR

As we reported last week, temporary "No Stopping" signs were put on PCH to prevent surfers from surfing this spot (Sunset). After a week of no enforcement, LAPD came in hot on Wednesday morning and started writing tickets for $93. Most got out the water and drove off without getting one, but a handful were not so lucky.

The video below is footage from our daily Instagram Stories. You can see the police did give a warning, via their siren, that they were coming.

Two police vehicles showed up, but only one officer was writing tickets, the other one just wanted to check out the dolphins that were jumping by the waves.



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Malibu/Lost Hills Watch Commander James Braden reported a citation was given to someone near Topanga State Beach who allegedly tossed away some LA County Beaches and Harbors “No Parking” signs.

No info on how much the ticket was for. He didn't state if it was done by a surfer or not.

We did notice several of the No Parking signs were gone at a couple spots at Topanga. There were two of the barricades with signs tossed down into the brushes on the side of the creek.

The same has been happening at Sunset too, the "No Stopping" signs are being hidden, tossed in the trash, and some thrown down into the rocks.




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