Citing high bacteria levels, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Friday warned residents to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in ocean waters at five area beaches.
The department’s warning covers:
— Santa Monica Cayon Creek at Will Rogers State Beach (100 yards up and down the coast from the creek near Will Rogers Tower 18);
— Mother Beach in Marina Del Rey (entire swim area);
— Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach (100 yards up and down the coast from the public restrooms);
— Santa Monica Pier (100 yards up and down the coast from the pier); and
— Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro (entire swim area).
The department said those locations were found to have bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested.
Meanwhile, the department lifted earlier warnings for two area beaches after recent samples found water quality levels within state standards.
The cleared beaches are the Temescal Canyon storm drain at Will Rogers State Beach and the Pico-Kenter storm drain at Santa Monica State Beach near Santa Monica South Tower 20.
Information on beach conditions is available 24 hours a day on the county’s beach closure hotline at 1-800- 525-5662. A map of impacted locations and more information is available at PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.