Laguna sewage spill
Tami Halle of the Orange County Health Care Agency uses a 10-foot pole to collect water samples at Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach after 580,000 gallons of sewage spilled from a pump station into the ocean early Wednesday. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A child plays at Aliso Beach near a sign warning people to stay out of the water because of the sewage spill, which closed four miles of coastal waters in Laguna Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Tami Halle, a senior environmental health aide with the Orange County Health Care Agency, holds on to a railing as she collects a water sample at Agate Street in Laguna Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Tami Halle keeps bottles that will be used to gather water samples at Aliso Beach on her belt. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Despite signs warning people to stay out of the water along four miles of Laguna Beach shoreline, a boy splashes around in the surf at Aliso Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
