La Jolla Cove Called Most Polluted Beach
A La Jolla cove popular with families as well as seals was the only San Diego beach to receive a failing grade from the clean-water advocacy group Heal the Bay.
The Children’s Pool was rated the worst-polluted beach in California due to chronic, excessive fecal coliform bacteria from a colony of harbor seals that has lived in the area since the mid-1990s.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Oct. 18, 2003 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday October 18, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 51 words Type of Material: Correction
La Jolla cove -- A headline in Thursday’s California section, “La Jolla Cove Called Most Polluted Beach,” could have been misinterpreted as referring to the popular tourist attraction La Jolla Cove. In fact, as the article explained, the polluted site is a different cove in La Jolla, the man-made Children’s Pool.
The man-made cove, which has poor water circulation, was a longtime swimming spot for children. It has been closed to people since 1997 due to the contamination, but city officials lifted the ban this year and allowed swimmers to use the cove at their own risk.
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