People planning to visit any of seven area beaches should avoid swimming, surfing or playing in ocean waters due to high bacteria levels, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health warned Friday.
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The affected beaches are:
-- Big Rock Beach in Malibu, 100 yards up and down the coast from the public access steps;
-- Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, entire swim area;
-- Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey, entire swim area;
-- Santa Monica Pier, 100 yards up and down the coast from the pier;
-- Marie Canyon storm drain at Puerco Beach in Malibu, 100 yards up and down the coast from the public access steps;
-- Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu, 100 yards up and down the coast from the lagoon, and
-- the windward storm drain at Venice Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from the storm drain.
Those beaches had bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested, the health department said.
Recorded information on beach conditions is available 24 hours a day on the county's beach closure hotline, 1-800-525-5662. A map of impacted locations and more information can be found at PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.
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