Video taking off 148x its usual first day

Seaside Walk evacuates as Rachel's surf breaks Long Beach's boardwalk

Alys Martinez's report from the peninsula pairs a resident's first-hand account with a warning that the worst had not yet arrived.

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CBS LA Story of October 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 332,811 views a day, 148 times a normal first day on this channel (2,244).

Tropical Storm Rachel brings coastal flooding concerns to Southern California

"The boardwalk is destroyed." That is how Michael Fawver, who has lived on the Long Beach peninsula since 1990, sums up what Tropical Storm Rachel's surf did to his stretch of coast. He adds that he has not seen anything like it in all his years there.

His account sits at the center of Alys Martinez's CBS LA report, which drew about a quarter-million views in its first 14 hours. A regular-length video on the channel usually gets a couple of thousand in a full first day. The comments arrived even faster: more than 150 so far, against a usual first day of around five.

Martinez reports from a peninsula closed to outsiders. "You cannot get onto the peninsula if you do not live here," she says, as parked cars sit moved onto medians. The city has ordered a mandatory evacuation for homes on Seaside Walk, between 64th and 66th Place, and another morning high tide was still to come. "We haven't even seen the worst of this yet," she warns.

The report then turns south to Newport Beach, where waves breached 15 blocks of sand berms and City Manager Seimone Jurjis cautions that the reinforcements "cannot eliminate every risk." Earlier coverage of the flooded Balboa Peninsula is the one we reported here.

Two more Rachel uploads also started fast: the station's evening team report and a Short of Brittney Ermon at the damaged boardwalk. Beneath Martinez's piece, viewers point out that November's tides are expected to run higher still, and ask how long beachfront homes can keep taking hits like these.

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What viewers say

Wow! I’ve never seen Long Beach battered by waves ever until now.
@cjgee9505See it on YouTube
In November the tide is going to be 7.1ft. This is only a 6’ tide…..
@vinnybruno6228See it on YouTube
Thank you for NOT showing those people filming on the beach laughing as big waves come to shore but showing the hard working folks trying to save their city.
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On the boardwalk. Boardwalk!
@irvingr.fatback886See it on YouTube
I pray for you all during these storms!! We must help each other! ❤ we will get through this
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