HUNTINGTON PIER: ABUSE AND RESURRECTION
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Twenty-six years ago today, in January 1988, an overachieving short-period winter swell took a flying judo kick at Huntington Beach and knocked the outermost 250' of the pier into the drink. It happened around 8:30 PM, with rain and wind lashing down. The End Cafe was there one minute, gone the next. "There was a shuddering, then a boom, then the whole thing collapsed," one eyewitness said the fol...
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