Thanks for the info, Ken. I was there yesterday and I can say the construction is a welcome sight. The end of the pier has been closed for years (since 2015 apparently, time flies!) so I'm looking forward to when it'll be open again.
Thanks for the article. We were doing a yearly kids fishing derby at the pier until it closed and we attracted kids from a fairly wide area, even Fresno. I will be glad when it reopens.