{"id":117361,"date":"2026-01-02T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117361\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:34:07","slug":"officials-urge-beachgoers-to-avoid-l-a-county-beaches-after-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117361\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials urge beachgoers to avoid L.A. County beaches after rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forget, for now, that \u201cpolar bear\u201d ocean swim. Public health officials have issued an ocean water quality alert <\/a>for all Los Angeles County beaches.<\/p>\n

In a notice issued Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the advisory will be in effect until at least 4 p.m. Monday because of increased bacteria levels. Officials said the advisory could be extended if it rains more.<\/p>\n

\u201cBacteria levels can increase significantly during and after rainstorms, as contaminants within the runoff enters the ocean,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n

Once that water reaches the ocean, it can lead to elevated bacteria levels that can cause illness, the advisory said, especially in children and the elderly.<\/p>\n

The advisory came on the heels of a rare Jan. 1 rainstorm that drenched Southern California <\/a>and rained on the Rose Parade<\/a> for the first time since 2006. The storm also triggered slides and major road closures across Los Angeles as well as swift water rescues in San Diego. <\/p>\n

Flooding of the 5 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley prompted Caltrans to shut down all lanes between Tuxford Street and Lankershim Boulevard for several hours. A mudslide closed Big Tujunga Canyon Road<\/a> in Angeles National Forest between the Angeles Forest Highway and Vogel Flat Road, marking the latest county road closure due to flooding and slides since Dec. 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget, for now, that \u201cpolar bear\u201d ocean swim. Public health officials have issued an ocean water quality alert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[25046,32050,58965,54815,644,8704,8161,48,52,51,47,62394,50,49,63,62393,58964,62,58027,9127,62058],"class_list":["post-117361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-advisory","tag-angeles-national-forest","tag-bacteria-level","tag-beachgoer","tag-flooding","tag-health-official","tag-l-a-county","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county-beach","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-ocean-swim","tag-ocean-water","tag-rain","tag-rainstorm","tag-several-hour","tag-slide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}