Today, President Obama will designate more that 1,600 acres of the northern California shore a National Monument. Here to tell us more about this move and this stretch of the Mendocino Coast, we're joined now Juliet Eilperin, White House reporter for the Washington Post.

The fin of a California Gray Whale is spotted off the coast of Dana Point.
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Courtesy of Dana Wharf Sportfishing and Whale Watching
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