![Clean-up crews comb the sand at Huntington Beach](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a0a17b5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2666+0+1/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2Fd0%2F12e0b851419ea78f9f4ca1985e41%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-1-als.jpg)
Cleanup crews comb the beach near Huntington Beach Pier after city and state beaches reopened Oct. 11.
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Visitors were once again taking to the water a week after an oil spill caused beach closures. While cleanup continued near Huntington Beach Pier, both city and state beaches reopened on Oct. 11.
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Destiny Corrales, left, and Hania Albarran, right, play in the surf at Huntington Beach on Oct. 11.
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![Surfers walk on the wet sand, toward the ocean](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/103d852/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F74%2F90%2F3842e7ac4167a38af7210d3312c8%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-0-als.jpg)
Surfers were the first back into the water as beaches reopened on Oct. 11.
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![People sit on the beach with a cleanup crew in the background](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fffb515/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2505+0+0/resize/2000x1253!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa2%2F1f%2F3c6767c845bcb60571c08432310f%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-23-als.jpg)
James Heumann and daughter Hope, of Irvine, watch as cleanup crews continue work at Huntington Beach on Oct. 11.
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![A family wade into shallow water at the beach](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dd1054b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2Fc5%2F0a90cf0e478397f7fa1e04e4a27a%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-16-als.jpg)
The Albarran family, of Phoenix, play in the surf as beaches reopened on Oct. 11.
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![A surfer stretches with a cleanup crew in the background](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dd797c4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2586+0+0/resize/2000x1293!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa8%2F02%2F41de7b2246c2a15d1a5e30b802bd%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-19-als.jpg)
A surfer stretches as cleanup crews continue their work on Oct. 11 at Huntington Beach.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
![A child runs across the sand with a cleanup crew in the background](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc0c7df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2674+0+0/resize/2000x1337!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffd%2F8f3437ff4a2b9d96fca6a1af313f%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-24-als.jpg)
Anna Heumann runs on the sand as cleanup crews continue to work on Oct. 11 at Huntington Beach.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
![People walk the beach under partly cloudy skies atHuntington Beach](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b303782/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2568+0+0/resize/2000x1284!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb5%2Fd1%2F3cfe78b740f98b322b025e6aee52%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-27-als.jpg)
Beachgoers walking a dog move through the mist on the morning of Oct. 11.
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![A person at the beach spreads their arms while facing the ocean](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cf6f50f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2581+0+0/resize/2000x1291!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F7a%2F881b31154689937cc6e714c03e19%2Fla-photos-1staff-854523-la-me-huntington-beach-reopened-15-als.jpg)
Minerva Albarran, visiting with her family from Phoenix, takes in the Pacific Ocean as beaches reopened on Oct. 11.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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