Avoid these beaches this weekend

Southland residents and visitors looking to beat the sweltering heat were warned this week to avoid 10 area beaches due to high bacteria levels.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s warning cautioned people not to swim, surf or play in ocean waters at these locations:
— Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey, entire
swim area;
— Las Flores Creek at Las Flores State Beach,
entire swim area;
— Walnut Creek at Paradise Cove, entire swim
area;
— Marie Canyon Storm Drain at Puerco
Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from
the public access steps;
— Ramirez Creek at Paradise Cove, 100 yards
up and down the coast from the Paradise Cove
Pier;
— Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, entire
swim area;
— Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu, 100
yards up and down the coast from the lagoon;
— Santa Monica Pier, 100 yards up and down
the coast from the pier;
— Solstice Creek at Dan Blocker County
Beach, entire swim area, and
— Pena Creek at Las Tunas County Beach,
entire swim area.
The health department said those locations were found to have bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested.
Information on beach conditions is available 24 hours a day on the county’s beach closure hotline at (800) 525-5662. A map of impacted locations and more information is available at PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.