BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Sewage spill closes...

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Sewage spill closes 150 feet of Newport Harbor

Orange County health regulators closed a strip of beach along the

Balboa Peninsula on Wednesday after 20 gallons of raw sewage bubbled

into a street gutter, a spokeswoman said.

The Orange County Health Care Agency, which monitors water

quality, closed 150 feet of beach along Newport Harbor at 11 a.m.

Wednesday. The closure occurred at 15th Street.

Sewage overflowed from a city sewage pipe at 8 p.m. Tuesday after

pieces of clay and other construction debris clogged it, an agency

spokeswoman said.

City crews quickly mopped up the mess, spokeswoman Monica Mazur

said.