Citing high bacteria levels, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Wednesday added two beaches to its list of areas where people should avoid swimming, surfing or playing in ocean waters — bringing the total to 12.
A day after issuing warnings for 10 area beaches amid the late-summer swelter, the department on Wednesday added the Windward storm drain at Venice Beach (100 yards up and down the coast from the storm drain) and Outer Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro (the entire swim area).
Those were added to the 10 beach locations for which warnings were issued Tuesday. They are:
— Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, entire swim area;
— Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey, entire swim area;
— Las Flores Creek at Las Flores State Beach, entire swim area;
— Walnut Creek at Paradise Cove, entire swim area;
— Marie Canyon Storm Drain at Puerco Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from the public access steps;
— Ramirez Creek at Paradise Cove, 100 yards up and down the coast from the Paradise Cove Pier;
— Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu, 100 yards up and down the coast from the lagoon;
— Santa Monica Pier, 100 yards up and down the coast from the pier;
— Solstice Creek at Dan Blocker County Beach, entire swim area and
— Pena Creek at Las Tunas County Beach, 100 yards in each direction of the outfall.
The health department said those locations were found to have bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested.
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/.