1st step taken to create artificial reef along Palos Verdes peninsula

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KABC) -- The first step has been taken to build an artificial reef on the coast of the Palos Verdes peninsula.


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The California State Lands Commission approved a lease for the Southern California Marine Institute.

The artificial reef would replace the natural one destroyed by landslides in the 1950s and 1990s.
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Supporters of the reef said it's needed to provide a habitat for marine life, lost after the landslides.