Raw sewage spills into streets prompting closure of beaches in LA, Long Beach

Well Susan, first let me tell you that progress has been made, look behind me, county crews have been cleaning up this area and thank goodness there is no more

sewage

flowing down the street in this neighborhood, but let me tell you that It was really bad. Look, someone clogged the toilet and they're crossing our street. Carson residents couldn't believe their eyes Thursday afternoon. Raw

sewage

coming out of a dashed line. Stool. Toilet paper. All flowing through the 300 block of West 212th Street. The smell was unbearable. Millions of people. Gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Domingus Canal that empties into La Harbor now as several

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es have been closed since Thursday.

You don't want to swim in that disgusting water. The

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s include Rancho Palos Verdes Beach in the Royal Palm Beach Portuguese Band. White Point Beach Wilder Edition Park Beach at Point Furman and Cabrillo Beach are asked to stay out of the water until all sewage has been cleaned. Now back here, live county crews have completed the cleanup here where the sewage line originally broke. and with me is one of the residents, César Casillas, he was the one who sent us that video, I don't even know what to say, it was horrible, it was very horrible, it was a terrifying scene.

Coming home and seeing all that sewage falling. your neighborhood street and having to go through it to get home because at first we didn't know what it was until we got home and smelled it, then we got out and saw it, it's something you never want to see. and I understand that this is not the first time this has happened, that's right, this happened about five years ago, it will be five years ago, on January 22, 2017. I remember it clearly in exactly the same place where the sewer opened, raw sewage was being spit out, I think They would learn from the first time to prepare for something like this in the future and as you can see they didn't prepare enough, I guess because it was worse the second time and you know you're glad that they have done it.

We're doing the cleaning, but there's still a lingering smell and you're talking about some of the things we're seeing on the grass here. Yes, you feel that distinctive smell when there are waves when the air picks it up and you can see clearly there. There is still stained toilet paper on the floor. It is deeply penetrated inside and my children cannot play here. I don't think it's safe. It is better to clean it. Thank you very much for speaking with us. giving us that cell phone video and again I'm sorry that everyone here in this neighborhood had to go through that but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel the crews are here and hopefully they will fix it so it won't happen again, I'll send them back to the studio okay Gina thank you so much and you're right oh god what a thought.