Los Angels March 17, 2012
The crystal-clear water lapping the shore of Avalon can be deceptive. The Santa Catalina Island resort town's water has long been tainted with sewage, its beach one of the most chronically polluted in the nation.
Now, in an effort to force the town to turn the tide on the unabated health hazard, water regulators are moving to put Avalon under their supervision and ordering the tourist hub 26 miles off the Southern