(Want to get California Today by email? This week, I profiled Vinod Khosla, whose nearly decade-long quest to close the road to Martin’s Beach, which he bought in 2008, has always been a mystery to me. Here, instead of buying a beach house, he bought an entire community, south of San Francisco, with about 75 little cottages on it and some decent surfing. At one point he hired guards, and five surfers were arrested, which shocked the community and created a public relations disaster. Today, his case is being considered by the Supreme Court, and if chosen, it could reshape policy around California’s 1,100 miles of coastline.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2018 12:56 UTC