All beaches reopen; partial closure of Coast Highway next week for more repairs

By STU SAFFER
Around 1:30 p.m. last Friday, two contract workers were lowered into a greatly enlarged manhole on Coast Highway with a replacement clamp for an air relief valve on Laguna Beach's main sewer line. The failure of the clamp, which had been inspected just two weeks before, caused raw sewage to spill ...
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