Our mayor, whom I had a passing favor for (I didn't hate him), has just signed some paper thing saying it is permanently OK for TJ to dump 4 times the amount of 'primary treated' sewage into the ocean off the beach that already has a permanent closure or warning of impending doom, and miles north. Maybe it's easier to let them do it than keep suing them for.
What does 400% equate to? I don't get the math but the 25 million gallons per day that were okay to spew can now be increased to 120mgd. However, my informative article also notes that 1.09 billion gallons have spewed in the last ten days.
To learn more, visit your local library or follow this link. First, scroll the map south a bit until you see all the red dots. I consider that my beach since I live in a beach community and it would be misleading for me to claim, say, Bonsai Beach. Then check out the Closures link to the left. It's a hoot.
My current million dollar invention is to run glass-bottomed boats up and down the coast. Fill up with tourists and go check out our endemic TJ brown turdles in their native habitat. Encourage people not to jump in the water and try to swim with them or poke their shells from the boat. Wouldn't want to get no turdle in my glass-bottomed boats. Maybe get lucky and see some small bore needle fish. But they're more bottom dwellers.