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• "Hey Beacher, Leave Those Fish Alone"
  By Kelly Catalfamo, Hakai Magazine
• "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 

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