{"id":18960,"date":"2025-06-27T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18960\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:46:08","slug":"advisories-issued-for-10-san-diego-beaches-due-to-heightened-bacteria-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18960\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisories issued for 10 San Diego beaches due to heightened bacteria levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a week before the Fourth of July, San Diego County health officials are warning people to avoid entering the water at 10 local beaches due to heightened bacteria levels.<\/p>\n<p>With several popular beaches across San Diego County  under new water contamination advisories, it&#8217;s raising concern for avid beachgoers like locals like Sophia Barrios and her two dogs, Kilua and Aluca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re basically outside every day. We live the bus life, so we\u2019re always around the water,\u201d Barrios tells me. <\/p>\n<p>But with the new warnings in place, she\u2019s rethinking her usual routine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is kind of scary because they love the water,&#8221; she says. &#8220;They can be in it all day and probably get a lot of it in their system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Imperial Beach to Cardiff, county officials have issued advisories due to high levels of bacteria in the water. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the advisories warn against collecting or eating shellfish from those beaches due to high levels of domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin that can cause illness or death.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sdbeachinfo.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The beach advisories<\/a>, announced Thursday, impact the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\">\n<li>La Jolla Cove Beachline, Children&#8217;s Pool<\/li>\n<li>Ocean Beach\/Dog Beach<\/li>\n<li>Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas: San Elijo Lagoon Outlet, Chartouse Parking Lot area<\/li>\n<li>Silver Strand Shoreline (north Carnation to south of Avenida Lunar)<\/li>\n<li>Mission Bay: South Crown Point, Santa Clara Cove<\/li>\n<li>Pacific Beach: Tourmaline Surf Park<\/li>\n<li>Del Mar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The warning specifically targets shellfish like oysters, mussels, and clams. Officials emphasize that cooking these items will not destroy the toxin. The advisory does not apply to commercially sold shellfish.<\/p>\n<p>County officials said these advisories will remain in place until testing shows the water meets state health standards, potentially impacting beach activities as the holiday approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the advisories, some residents say the warnings won\u2019t put a damper on their holiday plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the Fourth of July weekend\u2014it\u2019s like the hottest weekend of the year,\u201d Dylan O&#8217;Neill told me. \u201cThere\u2019ll be people out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill with his friends and family noted that advisories have become a familiar part of life at some beaches. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s like OB or at the river\u2014you get those advisories once every other week. It doesn\u2019t really stop us,\u201d O&#8217;Neill said. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re heading to the beach this weekend, county officials recommend checking updated water quality reports on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/\/www.sdbeachinfo.com__;!!FJkDyvWmnr4!crajVOW_Ovd9sRZ4l9zFcTcjIu1adOO5PtWjv7kebgB3NdpphybIY_P2PCFNAuhMlsBsYV0OH9lnXVu8EF-uXFN-Zu8CjWkqFC9-Dj8$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.sdbeachinfo.com [sdbeachinfo.com]<\/a> before diving in.<\/p>\n<p><b>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just a week before the Fourth of July, San Diego County health officials are warning people to avoid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[1632,17921,5229,1582,276,17922,3549,17923,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-18960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-1632","9":"tag-advisories","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-issued","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-san-diego-beaches","16":"tag-sandiego","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114755166932141616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}