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Multiple California beaches closed after 8 million gallons of sewage discharges into ocean
Several beaches in southern California were closed to swimmers and surfers Wednesday after nearly 8 million gallons of sewage was discharged into the ocean.
FOX 11 in Los Angeles reported that beaches in Long Beach and Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro would remain closed because of the millions of gallons of contaminated material that entered the ocean.
On Monday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that sewage was discharged from an unspecified location at about 6 a.m.
As a result, untreated sewage was sent into the Dominguez Channel, which leads to an area near Cabrillo Beach. Eventually, the sewage flow was halted, the station reported.
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Crews worked to clean up the beaches in Long Beach and Cabrillo Beach in California, after nearly 8 million gallons of sewage was sent into the Pacific Ocean, forcing officials to close the water for swimming and surfing. (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
Why the sewage was discharged was not immediately known, though officials said 8 million gallons of sewage entered into the channel because of the spill.
Health officials declared the water off Cabrillo Beach off-limits, noting that bacterial levels had risen and needed to come back down to acceptable levels.
In Long Beach, health officials closed water to all of its beaches as well, because of the spill.
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Torrential rains this week increased the flow of the Los Angeles River, which not only led to the Los Angeles Fire Department rescued a man from the river, who “jumped in the flowing water in pursuit of his dog,” but also led to increased bacterial levels along the beaches. (LAFD/Daniel Castillo)
Officials said an additional spill occurred in Commerce on Monday, sending another 40,000 gallons of sewage flowing into the Los Angeles River, which ultimately leads to the Pacific Ocean.
Residents were already warned to avoid ocean water because of bacterial runoff from recent torrential rains.
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Mia Bailey, a transgender woman who pleaded guilty to killing both her parents, will be housed in a men’s housing unit, at least initially.
A Utah Department of Corrections spokesperson said Bailey will be in the intake unit while various needs are assessed, adding that it can take a few weeks to make the housing assignment, depending on availability within the unit that best fits the person’s needs.
Under a Utah law that took effect in May 2024, UDC is required to assign inmates to housing units based on their biological sex at birth, not gender identity, as a default rule.
The law does allow for an exception in cases for transgender inmates to request to be housed in a living area that does not match their biological sex at birth, only after a detailed, individualized security analysis.
That analysis must consider the inmate’s anatomy, physical characteristics, criminal history, past behavior while in custody, and whether the inmate has a history of predatory or violent behavior. It also must be determined that the placement poses a low risk to others and to the inmate, does not disrupt facility operations, and is not being sought solely to change housing assignments.
If at any point that placement is found to create safety or security issues, the inmate must be reassigned back to housing that corresponds with their biological sex at birth.
The Utah Department of Corrections currently houses other transgender inmates, according to a department spokesperson.
Bailey was given two consecutive sentences of 25 years to life earlier this month after previously pleading guilty to killing her parents.
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Federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday morning during an enforcement and removal action in Glen Burnie, Maryland, striking one person and injuring another, officials said.
A spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said neither person had life-threatening injuries, and both were taken to the hospital.
Anne Arundel police responded to a report of a shooting involving federal agents at about 10:50 a.m. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were the only officials involved in the shooting, police said.
Preliminarily, police said the agents approached a white van, but the vehicle attempted to run them over. The agents fired at the van, which accelerated until coming to a stop in a wooded area, police said.
When asked for comment, Department of Homeland Security officials said both civilians involved in the altercation with ICE are in the U.S. illegally. They did not indicate whether either of the men had been arrested.
“Continued efforts to encourage illegal aliens and violent agitators to actively resist ICE will only lead to more violent incidents,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
Anne Arundel police said they will investigate the shooting, while the FBI investigates the alleged assault on the agents and ICE conducts an internal investigation.
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