Getty Images The city of Long Beach, pictured from just outside the breakwater, closed all beaches in Alamitos Bay after a Sunday sewage spill. An expanded beach closure in the Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay that remained in effect Wednesday following a weekend sewage spill will likely keep the beaches shut down for at least two more days. Continue reading
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Volusia, Flagler beaches get high marks for water quality
Jump in, the water’s fine Daytona Beach got four out of five stars in a national water quality report on 200 popular vacation beaches. It scored high marks for: – Less than 5 percent of water samples had bacteria levels higher than national standards in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Continue reading