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Marine Science Obama Focuses on Native Issues, Climate Change As He Starts Alaska Visit (NPR) “There is such a thing as being too late, and that moment is almost upon […]

Marine Science El Niño Vs. The Blob: Which Will Win Out This Winter? (KPCC) Part two of our El Niño coverage! El Niño may have met its match in The […]

Ocean exploration and education come to life every day aboard the E/V Nautilus. AltaSea was thrilled to get a first-hand look as we welcomed Dr. Bob Ballard and this amazing […]

Marine Science Huge and ancient underwater volcanoes discovered off coast of Sydney (The Guardian) Proving once again that more is known about the surface of the moon than the sea […]

By James Preston Allen, Publisher and Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor I interviewed Camilla Townsend a few weeks ago about vision, consensus building and leadership—particularly in light of her work with […]

SpaceX, the Hawthorne-based aerospace manufacturer led by Elon Musk, is looking to base its rocket and spacecraft retrieval operations out of the Port of Los Angeles, the company’s representatives said Thursday.

By Carol Lawrence Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Downtown Los Angeles architecture firm Gensler will design three buildings planned at the 28-acre AltaSea marine research and interpretive center at the Port […]

Los Angeles Magazine Marielle Wakim Just call her the millionaire match-maker. Annenberg Foundation chairman/president/CEO and living beacon of the phrase “leave some for the fish” Wallis Annenberg will match dollar […]

AltaSea is a project to transform a 100-year-old pier at the Port of Los Angeles into something new and different. Supporters promise the world’s only “ocean-based ideas and innovation center” […]

SAN PEDRO, Calif. –(Business Wire)–Today the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a 50-year lease to transform a 100-year-old pier on the LA Waterfront in San Pedro into a world-class […]

SAN PEDRO >> In the coming years, an unused, aging 100-year-old pier at the Port of Los Angeles will be the future home of an urban marine research center, a […]

By Lisa Brenner Katz There’s been a swell development on the L.A. waterfront. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Port of L.A. officials announced Monday plans  to transform a 100-year-old San […]

Facility focused on coastal sustainability comes with hefty US$500-million price tag. By Virginia Gewin California has no shortage of high-profile marine research institutes — from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography […]

The New ‘AltaSea’ “Public-Private Partnership” is the Result of Unprecedented Collaboration of Government, Business, Marine Science and Educational Leaders SAN PEDRO, Calif. – June 17, 2013 – Los Angeles Mayor […]

LA City Officials unveiled plans to rebuild the waterfront in San Pedro. A world-class marine research center named AltaSea will be built on an unused pier. Officials are hoping to […]