No, in fact it was 8 (Eight) Million Gallons of Sewage Released, not only 1 Million - Beaches Closed in Los Angeles County

February 6 -

UPDATE: The estimate of raw sewage released into the Los Angeles Harbor is now 8 million gallons.

Earlier:

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health updated yesterday's press release to admit that five times as much sewage had been released into the Dominguez Channel - and thereby the Pacific Ocean coastal waters. The total today is 5 millions gallons of untreated sewate released.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued an ocean water closure for the following area due to the release of approximately 5,000,000 gallons of untreated sewage.

Cabrillo Beach Ocean Waters in San Pedro - Entire area

Public Health officials are advising residents or visitors planning to visit Los Angeles County beaches to avoid contact with ocean water in the areas noted above. A sewage discharge occurred on February 5, 2024, at approximately 6 a.m., resulting in an estimated at five million gallons entering the Dominguez Channel, which terminates near Cabrillo Beach.

The ocean water closure will remain in effect until Public Health receives sampling results indicating that bacterial levels meet health standards.

Please note that the Rain Advisory has been extended until Wednesday, February 7th warning residents to avoid contact with all ocean waters.

Recorded information on beach conditions is available 24- hours a day on the County's beach closure hotline: 1-800-525-5662. To view the map of impacted locations and for more information, please visit: PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.