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The Empty Islands Next to America's Most Crowded Coast

What went wrong here?

If you look at the coast of Southern California, you'll find some of the most insanely expensive real estate on Earth. Tens of millions of people are packed tightly against the Pacific Ocean right here. But look just twenty miles offshore, and you'll see an eight-island archipelago with perfect Mediterranean weather… but hardly any people. So how did a …

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