{"id":354906,"date":"2026-06-10T16:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354906\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:54:15","slug":"child-remains-missing-in-laguna-beach-after-being-swept-into-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/354906\/","title":{"rendered":"Child remains missing in Laguna Beach after being swept into ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A mother and her two children were swept away into the ocean in Laguna Beach on Tuesday evening, and one of the children remains missing, after powerful waves created dangerous conditions, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 7:30 p.m., the city\u2019s Marine Safety Department responded to a call about swimmers in distress. People nearby sprang into action and were able to rescue the mother and one of the children, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/swimmer-missing-laguna-beach-massive-swell-brings-dangerous-surf-socal\/19269038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KABC reported<\/a>, but the other is still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred while much of the Southern California coast is experiencing dangerous conditions. <\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, a high surf advisory is in effect in Catalina, the Santa Barbara islands, the Malibu Coast and all Los Angeles County beaches.  <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=SGX&amp;wwa=beach%20hazards%20statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hazardous beach conditions exist<\/a> for the San Diego and Orange county coastlines through Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an increased risk for ocean drowning,\u201d the weather service warned. \u201cRip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats near shore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mother and her two children were swept away into the ocean in Laguna Beach on Tuesday evening,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,79114,3409,1409,144748,74619,63191,10,144750,6316,60,21659,611,592,144749,18335],"class_list":["post-354906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-catalina","tag-child","tag-city","tag-dangerous-condition","tag-distress","tag-hazardous-condition","tag-laguna-beach","tag-marine-safety-department","tag-mother","tag-national-weather-service","tag-ocean","tag-orange-county","tag-people","tag-powerful-wave","tag-swimmer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354906","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=354906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}