I’m talking, of course, about the grunion. That’s a fish locally world famous in these parts. A grunion looks a lot like a big sardine – or a smelt according to the ichthyologists (fish ...

We're ready for some wonder of the splashiest, soggiest, and sandiest variety. And the grunion, a fish that has wriggled onto land to spawn for eons, is capturing our wonder-needing notice as ...

That’s exactly what happens during a grunion run, a rare only-in-Southern California (and Baja California) scene where thousands of the tiny silver fish wash up on the beaches late at night.