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Warnings pulled from part of beaches

About half the number of warning signs that were posted Sunday on

local beaches warning the public about high levels of bacteria in the

water were taken out on Tuesday, Newport Beach Lifeguard Lt. Boyd

Mickley said.

Health officials had instructed lifeguards to post the signs along

the coast late Sunday morning after they got back results of water

quality tests. The heightened level of bacteria was probably caused

by a sudden change in tide patterns, health officials said.

On Tuesday, lifeguards pulled out signs from all beaches from 28th

Street all the way to the Santa Ana River mouth, Mickley said.

He said they had posted about 200 signs on Sunday. These warnings

are required by state standards.

-- Deepa Bharath