As Southern California faces a massive heat wave, some L.A. County beaches have been hit with warnings about unsafe bacteria ...

Sampling on L.A. area beaches found no lead or other metals at concentrations that could hurt humans or animals.

Despite this week’s record-breaking heat wave, public health officials are urging residents to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in the ocean at several LA County beaches due to elevated bacteria ...

A recent ocean water warning comes amid a wave of warm weather along the coast.

LA County public health officials issued a bacteria warning at several beaches as a potentially record-breaking heat wave ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a warning Friday for people to avoid swimming, surfing or playing in the ocean at several popular beaches due to high levels of bacteria found ...

Now, the county plans to spend $5.1 million in an attempt to slow the disappearance of popular coastlines at three beaches through “living shoreline” projects. The projects will “use native plants to ...

Elevated bacteria levels in the ocean on Monday prompted the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) to issue an Ocean Water Use Warning for some LA County beaches. The LACDPH said the ...