126,000 Gallon Oil Spill Across Orange County Coastline Causes Beaches to Close, Cancel an Air Show

Medicine & Technology Oct 04, 2021

An oil spill from an offshore rig across led to a six-mile-wide leak through the Orange County coastline last weekend that caused beaches to close.

Lyme-Carrying Ticks Discovered on California Beaches; Do They Pose Health Risks?

Apr 30, 2021

A new study showed that disease-ridden, specifically, Lyme-carrying ticks usually found in wooden places are inhabiting too, near Northern California beaches.

Red Drift Algae Washed Up on Shores After Tropical Storm Cristobal, Are They Safe?

Jun 17, 2020

After the tropical storm Cristolabal, there were slippery, slimy, and a little funky smelling, red drift algae piling up on local beaches, but experts say that it is not toxic like the red tide.

Beaches In Southern California May Faces the Future Extinction: a New Study Predicts the Crucial Fact

Mar 29, 2017

A new study explores the probability of a huge erosion of the beaches in Southern California with the help of a newly developed computer model.

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria—Could Swimming This Spring Break Land You In the Hospital?

Mar 30, 2015

Using coastal waters can often be quite a finicky endeavor. Working your plans around algal blooms, red tides and even the occasional sewage mishap, can often be a pretty unpleasant mess. But it turns out that swimmers and surfers may have more to fear than getting a little dirty at the beach. Aside from Giardia, a parasite that is often passed in coastal waters, it turns out that recreational swimmers at local beaches may also be at a significantly higher risk of transmitting deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria—landing them in the hospital or worse.