{"id":48894,"date":"2026-04-12T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48894"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:08:08","slug":"la-county-issues-urgent-bacteria-warning-for-all-beaches-after-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48894","title":{"rendered":"LA County issues urgent bacteria warning for all beaches after rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you were planning on catching some waves or taking a scenic beach walk by the Pacific this week, you\u2019re going to want to keep your flip-flops on.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County health officials have issued a blanket \u201cOcean Water Quality Rain Advisory\u201d for every single beach in the county, warning residents and tourists alike the water is currently a bacterial breeding ground.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Public Health dropped the hammer on Sunday, cautioning the recent rainfall has turned the coastline into a drainage basin for the city\u2019s grime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39066247\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>A warning sign is posted advising against swimming in the waters off Santa Monica State Beach. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to officials, the runoff from streets and mountains carries everything from trash and fertilizers to animal waste and human pathogens directly into the surf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBacteria levels may remain elevated up to 3 days depending upon the intensity of the rain and the volume of runoff,\u201d the department said in a statement. \u201cElevated bacteria levels in ocean water may cause illness, especially in children and the elderly.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The warning isn\u2019t just for the squeamish\u2013it\u2019s for the sensible. The advisory covers iconic stretches of sand from Malibu all the way to down to Long Beach. <\/p>\n<p>As of now, the advisory is set to remain in place until Tuesday morning, though that timeline could be extended if more showers hit the area. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/us-news\/la-county-issues-urgent-bacteria-warning-for-all-beaches-after-rain\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were planning on catching some waves or taking a scenic beach walk by the Pacific this week, you\u2019re going to want to keep your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}