With some beaches in San Clemente so barren from erosion that waves crash up against passing trains, transportation officials are urgently looking to add sand to their plans to protect the troubled ...

Train service through San Clemente will halt for about six weeks starting April 28 as crews start work to stabilize a section of track at risk of landslides and coastal erosion, Orange County ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Amtrak Pacific Surfliner will resume limited passenger service from San Diego through San Clemente beginning Wednesday morning. According to the Orange County ...

A rock revetment damaged by high surf and storm surge was repaired this week along San Diego County’s only railroad connection to Los Angeles and the rest of the United States. The revetment protects ...

Over the past 20 years, it has become increasingly clear that the 61-mile San Clemente to San Diego segment of the coastal train is unsustainable. The region’s coast is eroding at 6 inches annually.

A $7.2 million “catchment wall” will be built at a landslide area in northern San Clemente to hold back the slipping hillside and get passenger train service running through to San Diego again. The ...

Train service between Orange and San Diego counties has been suspended for approximately six weeks due to emergency repairs in San Clemente. Crews are working to stabilize a section of coastline that ...

The sweet aroma of Wetzel’s Pretzels wafts through the air as I walk through Union Station in Los Angeles. The architecturally stunning train station — the largest in the Western United States and ...

Cramton is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Maryland and lives in Del Mar. Patrick is an emeritus professor at the School of Public Health at UC-San Diego and lives in Del Mar.