A photo with today's story about the trash and sand erosion caused by the past week's series of storms showed some "oily sludge mounds" on Dockweiler Beach.
For the record, it's not oil.
There was a lot of confusion yesterday here in the newsroom and with some residents over whether there had been an oil spill on the beach.
Water microbiologists confirmed today that is is simply dark sand mixed with a lot of iron with a superficial layer of clay that was deposited there after dredging Marina del Rey several years ago. The storms exposed the clay and dark sand.
For the record, it's not oil.
There was a lot of confusion yesterday here in the newsroom and with some residents over whether there had been an oil spill on the beach.
Water microbiologists confirmed today that is is simply dark sand mixed with a lot of iron with a superficial layer of clay that was deposited there after dredging Marina del Rey several years ago. The storms exposed the clay and dark sand.
Hi yeah walking on the beach this weekend oil was stuck to my feet and turned into tar. is this from the exxon?