Long Beach reopened after sewage spill!

It's safe to go swimming at Long Beach, if you dare, according to the city.
At about 1:45 today, Friday, Aug. 15, a near 4-mile stretch of Long Beach was reopened after a 20,000-gallon sewage spill closed off the various beaches earlier in the week.
“Beaches are now open and there are no advisories in effect,” said a voice message on hotline recording for the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services.
The beach, from 1st Street to 72nd street, remained closed for about three days after a sewer line broke in Watts, leaving sewage to flow into the Los Angeles River and out into the ocean.
The city's health officer, Dr. Helene Calvet issued a beach closure on Tuesday, Aug. 12, and was waiting for a second round of test results for state standards on Friday before opening the beach again.
The sewage spill that closed such "chronically polluted" beaches such as Mother's Beach, was the fifth time Long Beach has experienced a sewage spill since January. It was the second largest spill recorded this year as well.
For more information, call the Department’s Water Quality Information Line, 570.4199, or visit www.longbeach.gov/health and click on "Services" and then "Recreational Water Quality."