County health officials today are warning visitors to San Carlos Beach in Monterey and Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove to avoid going in the water after tests found higher than normal levels of bacteria.
The tests were done Monday, and warning signs have been posted at the beaches, officials said. The advisory is expected to be lifted when water samples indicate bacteria levels are acceptable.
Poo in the water. Do you think that these people in the unmarked truck that are pressure washing the buildings and sidewalks should recover their rinse water and dispose of it properly instead of letting it run down the storm drains to the ocean? Do the Pacific Grove business owners even care?
Washing Sidewalks at Nancy’s Attic and Glenn Gobel frames
Washing facade and sidewalks at Chase bank
Water from storm drain goes:
County health officials are warning visitors to Lovers Point Beach to avoid going in the water after tests Monday found higher than normal levels of bacteria.
Health officials say humans and animals including seals, otters and birds can contribute to higher bacteria levels in addition to rainfall runoff and storm drains.
Attracting more sharks, no doubt.
As long as the beaches get fenced off to protect them, more and more will keep coming here to give birth. Not unlike dare I say, illegal immigrants.
“As population has grown, they’ve spread out and taken and started using more and more locations around the Monterey Bay Peninsula,” said Jim Watanabe, with Hopkins Marine Station.
Pupping season not only brings more than 300 harbor seals to a 3-mile stretch of shoreline. It brings eager onlookers too.
“I’ve been standing here maybe 20-30 minutes. They’re really fascinating to watch. They’re really cute and their little sounds sound like ‘mom,'” said Sarah Knox, a visitor from Mass.
Ready to swim in the dirty water?
9/3/08
(KION News)
Lover’s Point Beach AdvisoryA high indicator of bacteria was found in samples taken on 8/18/08 and now Lover’s Point Beach has been poster with an advisory.
9/5/08
(KCBA News)
Swimmers can return to Pacific Grove.Closed earlier this week because of bacteria in the water, the beach at Lovers’ Point is now open for people who want to take a dip.
The Monterey County Health Department says the coliform bacteria has subsided, returning the water quality back to a safe level.
Triathlon At Pacific Grove – First It’s Not Polluted, Then It Is Polluted, Then It’s Not
Relax, it’s natural. Petroleum is a normal part of the planet.
A mysterious asphalt-like substance washed up on Monterey Peninsula beaches Monday night, local firefighters reported, and the Coast Guard believes it may be the same material that popped up on San Francisco Bay Area beaches earlier in the day.
Earlier on Monday, beaches in Pacifica and at Moss Beach’s Fitzgerald Marine Reserve were closed when many tar-like balls, ranging from the size of a quarter to the width of a hubcap, washed up along the coast, according to San Mateo County officials.
The source of the material, first thought to be remnants of the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay, became more of a mystery as the day wore on and the Coast Guard received reports of thick, coagulated “patties” washing up on beaches farther south.
The city’s Beautification and Natural Resources Committee submitted a report to the Pacific Grove City Council on Wednesday noting that Pacific harbor seals are crowding the west beach of Hopkins Marine Station and, in 2006, some mother seals used the beach west of Fifth Street to bear pups.
All recommended that the city establish a plan to keep the seals off the beach. Once ashore and pupping, the experts said, the seals own it.
The policy, they said, should discourage “haul-outs” by seals by chasing them back to sea if they come out of the water, by banging on pots and pans, using other noisemakers, scarecrows and human presence.
Be careful when you ask for radical conservation and nature preservation, you just might find yourself banned from your own public beaches.
Here’s a suggestion:
Just got around to checking out the shoreline on a clear November day and noted the progress of the plaque placement for the John Denver Memorial near the crash site. 
Don’t forget the faction of Angry Old Farts that don’t want to have it there. They must be preparing a lawsuit of their own..
The National Weather Service will conduct a limited communications test of the Tsunami Warning System along coastal California, Oregon and Washington between 10:15 and 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
Should significant real-life seismic activity occur, however, the test will be canceled.
The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, will broadcast a special test tsunami warning message. The message will be clearly labeled as a test.
Beachgoers along the southern edge of Monterey Bay have been warned to stay out of the water after a 24-year-old surfer was attacked by a great white shark Tuesday morning off Marina.
Todd Endris, a home aquarium designer, was sitting on his board between waves when the 12-foot-long shark emerged from the water and bit him and his surfboard, dragging him beneath the surface. The incident was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m.
He was reported in fair condition Tuesday evening in Valley Medical Center in San Jose. Officials said he suffered from cuts to his torso and right thigh.
Spearfisher at Lovers Point reported trading stares with a great white . .
lan Boomershine said he is having second thoughts about returning to Monterey Bay waters.
Boomershine, an experienced diver from San Jose who spearfishes in Monterey Bay several times a year, called The Herald on Monday to report that he had a brush with a shark — which may have been the same shark that attacked the surfer off Marina the next day.
Boomershine said he and his dive partner, Ryan Floyd, were spear fishing northwest of Lovers Point on Saturday when a great white shark sped by.
It’s exotic car week – stay on dry ground if you can
The Monterey County health department has posted signs at Stillwater Cove near Pebble Beach golf links due to high levels of bacteria.
Signs will remain posted until water samples indicate that bacteria levels have returned to normal. Health officials are telling people to avoid contact with that water.