Laguna Beach had the largest sewage spills in 2008, while Newport Beach had the most swimming closures, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency’s yearly water-quality report.
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Laguna and Newport top 2008 beach closures in county report
July 7th, 2009, 11:20 am by Ben Young LandisRecord grunion runs seen on O.C. beaches
June 19th, 2009, 3:47 pm by Pat Brennan, science, environment editorGrunion are spawning on California beaches in record numbers this year, appearing on Orange County shores by the thousands in silvery, wriggling masses. 
Grunion trackers have been reporting huge runs up and down the coast, from the San Francisco Bay area to as far south as northern Mexico, said Julianne Steers, chief aquarist at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point.
The season starts in March or April, but is closed to collecting until June to ensure enough grunion can spawn without disturbance.
State scrambles for funds to test ocean
May 20th, 2009, 1:28 pm by Pat Brennan, science, environment editorEven as Heal the Bay released an upbeat report card on the state’s ocean-water quality, the clean-water group raised worries about uncertain funding for continued beach monitoring. 
After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed nearly $1 million in funding for beach water sampling in September, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura cut back sampling until more funding could be found, the group’s report says.
And while state officials have since come up with enough money to get the counties through July 2010, any further loss of funding would force Orange County to consider cutting back testing here.
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