Two Boats Wreck Off San Pedro Coast

By Hunter Chase, Community News Reporter

In late February, a sailboat with a diesel engine wrecked and grounded off the coast of San Pedro near White Point. The United States Coast Guard incorrectly reported that the boat was a clean energy boat, said Liz Odendahl, press deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Local residents said that because of this, the county deprioritized the clean-up of the boat, so it remained on the beach until late March. A second wrecked boat, this one a power boat, grounded on the beach near Royal Palms on March 15, less than a mile away from the first boat. This boat was cleaned up around the same time as the first boat.

Richard Havenick, board member of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council, said the sailboat grounded at White Point around Feb. 24, near 1600 W. Paseo Del Mar. He said it was immediately below the landslide, and below the baseball field.