Long Beach’s Los Cerritos Wetlands to get new life with 150-acre restoration project

A large portion of Long Beach’s Los Cerritos Wetlands is finally on its way to restoration, with officials gathering on Thursday, May 8, to celebrate the start of the long-awaited project.
The 154-acre portion of the Los Cerritos Wetlands, a privately owned oil field for the last six decades, is near the city’s border with Orange County and is bounded by Studebaker Road, Pacific Coast Highway, Second Street and Loynes Drive.
The effort to restore the Long Beach wetlands has been ongo