Beach Trash At Will Rogers State Beach

Dateline: Thursday morning, February 16, 2017... along the shoreline between Will Rogers Lifeguard HQ and Santa Monica Canyon and back...  I took a walk this morning along this approximately one-half mile stretch of beach and was unpleasantly surprised by the volume of #beachtrash along the water's edge, aka, between the berm and the ocean.  The following photos and videos show the extent of the #beachtrash along the water's edge that is apparently not being collected and/or disposed of by L.A. County Dept. of Beaches & Harbors (@lacdbh).

During my walk I saw a friend of mine who lives in Santa Monica Canyon and he said he walks the beach most mornings and that it is not unusual to see #beachtrash between the berm and the ocean, e.g., along the water's edge.

Hopefully, this blog post will remind the @lacdbh of its responsibility to clean up #beachtrash along the water's edge regularly.  This is a section of the beach where a great many beach patrons walk along the shoreline and where wildlife such as birds congregate.  The #beachtrash in this area of the beach along the water's edge needs to be hand picked by @ladbh personnel regularly.

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Will Rogers Beach Trash: The Video

     https://youtu.be/f2DCjjgC1Rc

 

Below, Sand Bag #1...

Sand Bag #2, below...

Sand Bag #3, below...

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Santa Monica Canyon At Water's Edge: The Video

     https://youtu.be/4pSYOIrD9pw

Above and below, you can easily see where the tractor and rake reaches the berm but does not go all the way to the water's edge. It is the area between where the tractor and rake stops and the water's edge that is where the #beachtrash is located that we took photos of and where the #beachtrash is not being collected and/or disposed of properly...

Hopefully, @lacdbh will send a crew out here right away and hand pick up this #beachtrash so that it does not get washed back into the ocean.

Respectfully submitted,

William Maguire,
http://BeachEsq.blogspot.com

(All photos and videos by & Copyright William Maguire 2017.)

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#90272 Atmospheric River #Deluge: Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017

Dateline: Between approximately 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Pacific Palisades, the third round (at least) of the anticipated Atmospheric River event brought a heavy downpour of rain that caused runoff and some flooding along Sunset Blvd. in the village.  Here are the photos and videos:

Runoff below along Swarthmore just east of Sunset Blvd...

Sunset and Swarthmore...

In the lower left corner of the photo below, is a Havaianas sandal lost by a lady crossing Sunset Blvd. at Swarthmore from west to east.  I had just crossed ahead of her in the opposite direction and my tennis shoes were soaked from the near one foot deep deluge of water running along the curb along Sunset in the direction of Norris Hardware, etc...  I was able to observe said sandal which about 100 feet later got pushed off to the side of the tide.  When I returned 10 - 15 minutes later it was still there and during a long break in the traffic I retrieved it and placed it on the walk signal button box at Swarthmore (see photos below)...

x-ref: Trademark Trivia:  HAVIANAS® is a registered trademark for sandals, etc....  just sayin'...

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Video #1: Jan. 12, 2017 Deluge of Rain #90272

      https://youtu.be/QwhXyC3x_Hc

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Video #2: Jan. 12, 2017 Deluge of Rain #90272

     https://youtu.be/5xJtyYCS9R8


Happy Ending for this Havaianas sandal!... successfully rescued from the flood waters and now perched on top of the walk button at Swarthmore and Sunset.....

Be careful out there...

Respectfully submitted,

Will Maguire
http://PaliEsq.blogspot.com
http://www.PaliEsq.com

(All photos and videos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2017.)

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