California IN BRIEF : LAGUNA BEACH : Sewage Spill Keeps Aliso Beach Closed

A half-mile stretch of popular Aliso Beach along the Laguna Beach coast will remain closed to swimmers until next week as up to 100,000 gallons of treated sewage continues to spew into the ocean from a pipeline rupture only 90 feet from the shoreline, authorities said. County officials said they will not reopen the beach until officials with the South Coast Water District repair the ruptured pipeline, which normally discharges the sewage 1 1/2 miles offshore. Water district officials said the outfall was damaged two weeks ago by floods that roared down Aliso Creek. The latest closure marked the third time that Aliso Beach has been closed this year.