Riding a New Wave - Beach Closures Spur Anti-Pollution Drive

Mark Van Kamp, Santa Barbara News-Press

“Jeff Young normally would let his children frolic in the ocean during the hot days of summer.

But this year local coastal waters are too polluted, the Santa Barbara said.

“It’s a sad day in paradise when I have to think twice about letting my kids go to the beach,” he said.

Because of bacteria spilled from creeks, lifelong surfer Wayne Babcock of Carpinteria said he and his friends get ear infections and skin rashes. . .”