The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters:

January 10, 2025

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges residents to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters at the following Los Angeles County beaches.

The Department advises beach users to avoid all water contact, especially near discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers, due to potential debris and contamination from fires. This includes any runoff that may flow onto or pond on the beach sand. An ocean water advisory is being issued because of the uncertain amount of fire-fighting runoff, which may contain toxic chemicals and debris that have entered the ocean during fire-fighting operations.

This advisory applies to ocean and bay waters from Surfrider Beach to Dockweiler State Beach at World Way. People entering these waters could become ill. The advisory will remain in effect until three days after fire-fighting efforts end and notification is provided by the Department of Public Health.

Additional Specific Beach Area Warnings:

· Malibu Point at Surfrider Beach. Near Malibu Tower 3: 100 yards up and down the coast from Lifeguard Tower #3.

· Solstice Creek at Dan Blocker County Beach: 100 yards up and down the coast from the creek.

· Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro: The entire swim area.

These warnings have been issued due to bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested.

Use the map below to obtain the current water quality status of your favorite beach location. Use your mouse wheel to zoom into a particular location. Click on the marker to identify the sampling location. This map is updated as conditions change.


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The Palisade Fire completely destroyed the Tahitian Terrace Mobile Home park on Pacific Coast Highway across from Will Rogers Beach, which also had their maintenance yard burned, including several of the work vehicles.

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"Hello, I’m Ramón Batista, Chief of Police for the city of Santa Monica.

To all Santa Monicans, especially those who have been displaced by the Palisades Fire, your safety is our top priority. Throughout the past several days the SMPD and our mutual aid partners have contacted hundreds of people on foot or in cars and we have arrested individuals in our evacuation and evacuation warning zones that were in possession of weapons, stolen property or wanted for serious felony crimes in our region.

To those considering coming to our city to commit crimes or victimize our residents, your actions will not be tolerated and we will not allow you to prey on our residents during a time of crisis.

Day and night, we remain dedicated to ensuring the security of your homes and loved ones. Our team is proactively monitoring the evacuation zone, and all sworn officers have transitioned to a tactical alert, ensuring that we have a full contingent of officers available 24 hours a day. During this period we received assistance from our mutual aid partner cities, special thanks to Culver City, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Hawthorne and Redondo Beach. These resources have been a crucial part of our proactive public safety efforts. We are steadfast in our commitment to respond swiftly to any needs that arise.

Safety is a partnership between the police and the community—it is also our strongest weapon as we fight crime. We need everyone to follow the curfew orders, the curfew order for the evacuation zone is in effect from sunset to sunrise. And, as always, if you see something, say something; please call 911 or the Watch Command office 310-458-8427.

We are a strong resilient city, and we are here for you. Thank you for your trust and cooperation as we work together through this period."

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Two homelees people were spotted lighting a fire behind SaMoHi at 302 Pico in Santa Monica. A couple of people driving by rushed over to try to put it out. The Fire Department arrived about 20 minutes after being called and put it out fully.

People are lighting fires in otherwise non-burning urban areas of LA. Saw this happen first hand at 302 Pico in Santa Monica. Called it in & fire dept & police responded. Stay safe and call in any activity ASAP. We don’t need more flames out here. pic.twitter.com/AZ4GLr6N3q

— Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) January 9, 2025

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The Palisades Fire jumped over PCH and several beach structures got fire at Will Rogers Beach.

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Several homes and buildings along PCH catch fire from the windstorm wildfire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7th,

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Today, January 9, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m., SuperScooper Quebec 1 was struck by a civilian drone illegally flying in the Palisades fire area.



Quebec 1 sustained wing damage and remains grounded and out of service. There were no reported injuries. The incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The LACoFD would like to remind everyone that flying a drone in the midst of firefighting efforts is a federal crime and punishable by up to 12 months in prison or a fine of up to $75,000.

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Two lifeguard towers completely burn down when the Palisades Fire reaches Pacific Coast Highway and ignite brush at Will Rogers Beach.

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