Although the beaches remain open, health advisories prohibit or urge residents to avoid swimming, surfing or playing in the ocean water because of debris runoff from fire zones.

Additional expertise comes from Center for Ocean Solutions lead scientist ... Lapôtre: A landscape's topography, wind, and water all dictate where sand accumulates. Sand mining disturbs that ...

However, the larger charred debris — like big wood pieces that have been found as far south as Redondo Beach — is being ...

According to L.A. Public Health, “The release impacted asphalt and flowed to the nearby beach, affecting both sand and ocean water.” In the wake of the spill, Public Health issued an ocean ...

advising people to avoid water and sand contact, was put in place indefinitely but the City of Santa Monica stressed that there is a "very wide area of sand that is not impacted by the ocean water ...

New Jersey legislators are considering a law that would make clear that no one would need a beach badge to enter the ocean to ...

17, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) The County of Los Angeles Public Health Department closed a stretch of ocean water following concerns of fire debris runoff that can ...