peninsula
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Last week’s ocean swell brought historic 20-foot waves to the Wedge, the Newport surf break at the tip of the Balboa Peninsula.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Michael Muckian, chair of the Cooley Peninsula Community Alert group, said: "The boat got into difficulty in the early afternoon and there is currently a number of boats on the lough still searching."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Her byline has appeared in LAist, the Pleasanton Weekly, Peninsula Press and the Bulletin magazine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The site is the only confirmed asteroid impact crater on the Korean Peninsula.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The 46th Guards dropped bombs over the Blue Line for six months, right up to the point when the Red Army forced the Germans out of the Taman Peninsula in September 1943.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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