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Nearly every beach in the Bay Area, and throughout the California State, had dramatically lower levels of bacteria and pollution than last year, according to an annual survey of 650 West Coast beaches by Heal the Bay, a Santa Monica environmental group…
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Heal the Bay’s 2012 Beach Report Card
L.A. County beach water is cleaner; Catalina remains dirtiest, The Los Angeles Times
Good news for sand and surf-loving Angelenos: The beach water is getting cleaner. The water at 82% of L.A. County beaches earned A or B grades from April to October last year, up from 75% the previous year, according to Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report Card, released Thursday.