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As much as the major wildfires were spreading seaward — as is typical during Santa Anas — the blazes were growing laterally, he said.

A dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan.

A push from the land side, such as heavy rainfall or high river flows, moves the balance point seaward.

Though California generally owns the beach seaward from the mean high tide line, private owners can still claim beach property.

Antarctic ice shelves are the seaward extension of the world’s largest army of glaciers, and provide a stabilizing function.