Rising sea levels due to climate change threaten our coastal communities. The City of Encinitas says it's fighting back by building a beach along the coast and bringing in sand - 340 thousand cubic yards of sand, to be exact. The Encinitas Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project is now known as the The San Diego County, CA Project. The primary goal of the project is to add sand to the shoreline with the aim of attenuating waves that further erode the coastal bluffs and provide more useable beach sand for visitors. In Encinitas, the project involves the installation of a 50-foot-wide beach fill along a 7,800-foot-long stretch of shoreline using compatible sand, with replenishment every five years on average over a 50-year period. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/sand-replenishment-project-begins-encinitas/509-b576f573-7c04-4a1b-b72d-720c85a50b99