Report: Coast fails health standards
The Orange County Health Agency has issued a warning that areas of Newport Harbor recently showed levels of bacteria that fail health standards.
The coastline stretching 150 feet up and down the area between 15th and 16th streets had unsafe bacteria levels, according to a weekend test, the county’s website, OCBeachInfo.com, showed.
In Newport Harbor, the 33rd Street Channel at the end of 33rd Street and the Sapphire Avenue beach on the south side of Balboa Island showed unsafe bacterial levels, the county reported.
A long-term warning remains in effect for Newport Harbor from the marina at Pacific Coast Highway to Newport Boulevard because of urban runoff.
— Joseph Serna
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