Bolinas Beach reopens after contamination probe

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Bolinas Beach reopens after contamination probe

Sections of Bolinas Beach have reopened following a three-month closure because of contaminants. The county discovered the pollution in the Mesa area in September, when inspectors visited a site for a permit application. They saw potential effluent coming out of a cliff above the beach and discolored, odorous and crystallized liquid in soil surrounding the bluffs. “In some areas the water was seeping and in others it was flowing,” Sarah Jones, d…