SAN DIEGO — Adam Wraight pulled a blue sewage "warning" sign out of the sand near Imperial Beach Pier on Thursday morning, replacing it with the more ominous yellow and red placard telling beachgoers that waters were officially closed.
"There's more than just the normal ooze that's coming?" asked Imperial Beach native Colette Dominguez who happened to walk by.
"It's an active spill," explained Wraight, a marine safety sergeant with the city's lifeguards. "A big pipeline broke."