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Sewage Spill Dumps 1.5 Million Gallons Of Sewage Forcing Closure of Beaches in Long Beach

At least 1.5 million gallons of sewage have spilled into the Los Angeles River and triggered a closure of all beaches in Long Beach.

Crews worked overnight to contain the fast-growing spill, which occurred about 2 p.m. Monday near 6th Street and Mission Road in Boyle Heights, according to Paul Gomez, a spokesman for the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works.

The leak was finally stopped at 10 p.m., but crews remained at the site to repair the cracked pipe, said Adel Hagekhalil, assistant director of Los Angeles Sanitation. Hagekhalil said as much as 2 million gallons of sewage might have spilled.

“We had tankers working all night,” he said. “We diverted a spill away from Lincoln Heights. We’re continuing to do a bypass of the spill.”

Officials said the top of a sewer pipe collapsed, sending debris into the pipe and clogging it. Sewage overflowed and reached the L.A. River, and headed toward Long Beach.

Public Works officials don’t know what caused the break, but said the major pipe was built in 1929.

“This happening is just a part of the maintenance system,” Hagekhalil said. “Something grows old, you have to repair it or replace it.”

Sanitation workers on Tuesday were building a permanent bypass system to divert flow around the old pipe, Hagekhalil said.

Long Beach officials planned to test samples of ocean water Tuesday morning to determine whether it posed any health risks to the public, said Nelson Kerr, manager of the city’s Bureau of Environmental Health.

 

via Sewage Spill in L.A. Grows to 1.5 million Gallons, Forces Closure of Beaches in Long Beach — KTLA

Rappers Snoop Dogg & The Game Meet With L.A. Gangs In Effort To Stop Violence

Hip-hop artist the Game urged gang members from across Southern California on Sunday morning to converge on a South Los Angeles community center for a town-hall style meeting about curbing violence. 

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, told the hundreds gathered for a town-hall style meeting at a South Los Angeles community center that he was pushing a positive message because one day, he hopes his daughter will be able to walk the streets “a little safer.”

He told the crowd:

“Your life should mean more to you. Your life should mean more to you than what you’re showing.”

Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad, who helped organize the event, said it’s time for the black community to come together.

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California Bans Spice 

The City Council unanimously approved a ban on a synthetic drug known as “spice,” which San Diego authorities say is responsible for a rash of hundreds of medical distress cases in recent months.

The law prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution and possession of federal Schedule I drugs, “novel synthetic drugs” and “novel psychoactive drugs,” categories that include spice, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

The San Diego Police Department recommended the ban — which does not apply to medical marijuana — because of holes in state and federal regulations that are exploited by makers and sellers of so-called designer drugs. Only a handful of the 100 or so chemical formulas used to make the drug are prohibited.

If you have never seen what a person “on spice” looks like, check out this video. What in the world could possibly be in that stuff?
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