News and Stories
- "Hey Beacher, Leave Those Fish Alone"
By Kelly Catalfamo, Hakai Magazine - Obituary for Abel Silvas, AKA "Running Grunion," by Jan Siegel, The Capistrano Dispatch, March 24, 2024
- "The great grunion run: Monitoring grunion runs to inform conservation" 2019
By Karen L. Martin and M. Studer, in Research Outreach - "Fish out of water: grunion runs launch on San Diego beaches"
By Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune - "Looking for grunion? East Bay parks leading outing at Alameda's Crown beach"
From Staff Reports, East Bay Times - "SoCal’s ‘sex-crazed fish party’ — the grunion run — may be facing difficulties"
By Adrianna Cargill on KPCC - Grunion Greeters and MPAs in California
See the contributions of the Grunion Greeters to the California Marine Protected Area baseline reports - "Silver fish Surf the Waves to Spawn on California Beaches"
By Joanna Klein, The New York Times - "Grunion Run Season Has Begun, Which Means Thousands of Fish Will Swim onto L.A.'s Beaches for Love"
By Thomas Harlander, Los Angeles Magazine - "50 Reasons to Love the Central Coast" (see reason #18)
By Heidi Dvorak and Jaime Lewis, 805 Living - "G is for Grunion: Myth or Magic"
By Nancy Oster, EdibleSantaBarbara.com; photos by Grunion Greeter Steve Howard - "See How They Run"
By Gareen Darakjian, Pepperdine Magazine; photos by Dan Harding - Grunion Run In San Diego
By Rajam Roose, afar.com - Grunion Make Sexy Summer Runs To Beach On High Tide
By Ashleigh Ruhl, Gazettes.com - Grunion Run is Smaller This Year at Area Beaches
By Mackenzie Reiss, Orange County Register - Guide to Watching the Grunion Run In Southern California
By Michelle Mears-Gerst, from CBS Los Angeles. - "The Grunion Are on Approach"
By Alysia Gray Painter, from NBC Southern California, March 5, 2013 - "Kelp, Cobble Remain Under San Clemente Eco Policy"
By Fred Swegles, from Orange County Register, February 6, 2013 - "Why Stranded Kelp Is Good For Beach Ecology"
By Molly Peterson, from KPCC Southern California Public Radio - "What Is A Healthy Beach?"
By Carolyn Labarbiera, from Surfrider Foundation - "Beach Ecology Workshop to Focus On Value of Kelp"
By Jessica E. Davis, from MalibuPatch - "Seriously, how to [sic] you grab a grunion? No really..."
Farther Off the Wall, by Tom Hoffarth, from dailynews.com, August 7, 2011. - "In search of a fantabulous night to make a grunion run, because our bucket isn't even half empty"
Farther Off the Wall, by Tom Hoffarth, from dailynews.com, August 6, 2011. - "Grunion Run"
By Cameron Walker, from Alaska Airlines Magazine, March 2011 - "The Legendary Grunion of Cabrillo Beach"
By Karen Martin, from Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Tidelines, Spring 2010 - "From here to eternity, the grunion put on their own show"
By Chris Erskine, from the Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2010 - "Running with the Grunion"
By Teisha Rowland, from the Santa Barbara Independent, April 9, 2010 - "Grunion Fish Wiggle Ashore to Landlubbers' Delight," By Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, 2009
- "Making a Grunion Run for Science", by Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times, 2008