AREA BEACHES CLEANER THIS YEAR.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer More Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, beaches received A grades for water quality this year than last, while a few stretches continue to have unhealthy levels of bacteria, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Heal the Bay's annual report released Wednesday. The water at most oceanfront beaches again received excellent marks, and grades improved for several bay beaches, thanks to a drier year and new devices installed to catch tainted storm-water flow for treatment before it hits the beach. ``We really expect, for the Santa Monica Bay Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume , this will be the cleanest summer on record,'' said Mark Gold, executive director of Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . But beaches with natural creek or storm-drain outfalls continue to receive low grades for high levels of bacteria, which can increase the risk of contracting stomach flu, skin rashes and ear or upper-respiratory infections. Surfrider Beach Surfrider Beach is a famous right-break that had a big impact on the surfing culture in Southern California in the 1960s. Located near the Malibu pier, it is still probably the most surfed spot in Los Angeles County. in Malibu, Kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child Beach at Channel Islands Harbor and Cabrillo Beach Cabrillo Beach is a historic beach located in San Pedro, California. Cabrillo has two separate beach areas. Lifeguards Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County Lifeguards are responsible for the beach and ocean safety in and around the Cabrillo Beach area. in San Pedro continue to rank among the worst beaches in California. Grades for stretches of Long Beach dropped this year because of a six-week period last summer when bacteria levels inexplicably climbed. Doheny State Beach Doheny State Beach, protected as part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, is a beach on the Pacific coast of Orange County, in Southern California. It includes a day use surfing beach at the northern end, as well as campgrounds in its southern area. in Orange County was ranked the worst in the state. The beach report tracks bacteria counts at 470 monitoring locations along the California coastline. There were success stories. Los Angeles city technicians installed a device to divert dry-weather runoff from Will Rogers State Beach, and the nearby segment of beach went from a D in last year's report to a B this year. In Los Angeles County, 7 percent of the 54 sites monitored received poor grades during dry weather. In Ventura County, 7 percent of the 56 sites received poor grades during dry times. The beach grades are much worse in wet weather - though better than in past years - when the rush of rain pulls animal waste, pesticides, oil and pollutants into the storm-drain system and out to the coast. In Los Angeles County, 59 percent of the monitored sites received poor grades for water quality on rainy days. In Ventura County, 20 percent of monitored sites received poor grades on rainy days. While public agencies have been able to improve dry-weather water quality with new equipment to catch and treat runoff, improving water quality during rainy periods is a much tougher task, officials said. ``The flows are so enormous, and ... to take care of them with a reasonable amount of infrastructure is very difficult,'' said Bob Horvath, head of technical services with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Surfrider Beach at Malibu is one of the dirtier in the region, but attracts surfers including these on Wednesday. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Box: BEACH REPORT CARD SOURCE: Heal the Bay Daily News |
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