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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Bay Boys of Palos Verdes

    The California Coastal Commission is attempting to crack down on a group of Palos Verdes surfers who call themselves the Bay Boys. Other surfers who brave the waves they control report being assaulted in the water, having stones and dirt thrown at them, and having their tires slashed.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 11, 2016 • 1 min read

    The California Coastal Commission is attempting to crack down on a group of Palos Verdes surfers who call themselves the Bay Boys. Other surfers who brave the waves they control report being assaulted in the water, having stones and dirt thrown at them, and having their tires slashed. Local law enforcement has been unable or unwilling to do anything about it, until now.

    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Coastal Commission Shakeup, Sex In The Sea, Female Scripting
    1. 0:00The Coastal Commission Removes Its Director
    2. 9:46The Bay Boys of Palos VerdesYou’re reading this
    3. 18:44The Coastal Commission Responds
    4. 29:57'Sex in the Sea'
    5. 44:36Female Descriptions in Screenplays
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Garrett Therolf

      UC Berkeley and Common Sense News

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      Cory Spencer

      El Segundo Police Department

      News

    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Coastal Commission Shakeup, Sex In The Sea, Female Scripting
    1. 0:00The Coastal Commission Removes Its Director
    2. 9:46The Bay Boys of Palos VerdesYou’re reading this
    3. 18:44The Coastal Commission Responds
    4. 29:57'Sex in the Sea'
    5. 44:36Female Descriptions in Screenplays
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand