Beach-goers headed to Coronado Shores on Monday got a rude awakening when they learned that water just to the south had "bacteria levels [that] exceed health standards."

Cross-boundary sewage flows from the Tijuana River are again impacting water quality from the border, north to Imperial Beach, up the Silver Strand, all the way to Avenida Lunar, the dividing line between the Navy military beach to the south and the Shores to the north.

Folks in Coronado are being admonished to "[avoid] water contact in the closure area," according to San Diego County health officials. Closures were ordered Sunday for the "ocean shoreline from north of Carnation Ave to south of Avenida Lunar."

With the temperatures expected to near 80 degrees, the news is unwelcome especially in Imperial Beach, where, a

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