CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : HUNTINGTON BEACH : More Cleaned-Up Shoreline Reopened

A 4 1/2-mile stretch of shoreline in Huntington Beach was reopened to surfers, swimmers and strollers after tests on dozens of sand samples showed that the beaches, once contaminated by the Feb. 7 oil spill, are now safe, officials declared. Beaches from Magnolia Avenue north to Golden West Street were opened, as was Bolsa Chica State Beach from the main lifeguard headquarters north to Warner Avenue, officials said. A half-mile stretch from Golden West to the lifeguard offices--an area known as the Huntington Bluffs--remained closed for further cleanup. Many of the rocks at the base of the bluffs were coated with oil, and workers are using a hot seawater solution to scour them.