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Some Beaches Remain Closed Due to Sewage Spills

Closure orders will remain in effect until the areas have two days of clear water.

Sewage spills resulting from Thursday's huge power outage have kept some San Diego County beaches off limits to swimmers Saturday.

Bayside Park in Chula Vista and the eastern shore of Silver Strand State Beach in San Diego Bay remained closed after the outage caused two sewer pump stations to shut down, causing spills, officials said. Beaches from Solana Beach south through Del Mar to Scripps Pier are affected as well.

About 1.9 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Los Penasquitos
Lagoon, which empties into the sea at Torrey Pines State Park, south of Del Mar.

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In Chula Vista, about 125,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the
Sweetwater Channel, west of Interstate 5 and State Route 54. That sent waste into San Diego Bay and closed Bayside Park in Chula Vista.

Across the bay, it tainted waters on the bay side of Silver Strand,
south of Coronado, according to beach officials. The ocean side of Silver Strand was not affected and remained open, a state parks ranger said.

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Signs were posted warning people to stay out of the water in the bay
and along the coast from La Jolla Shores to Solana Beach. Those orders will remain in effect until the areas have two days of clear water, DEH officials said.

The outage first struck about 3:40 p.m. Thursday and power was restored to all areas of San Diego County within about 12 hours, San Diego Gas & Electric reported.

CNS contributed to this report.


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