First, we automated the lighthouses, and then we abandoned them

California's lighthouses once guided gold rush ships and saved lives. Now they're mostly guiding tourists to gift shops while slowly collapsing into the Pacific. The Coast Guard has moved on to 'virtual buoys,' which is bureaucratese for 'we give up.'

The elimination of on-site supervision led many of these structures to fall into a state of disrepair or become subject to vandalism.

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