From KATU News, December 17, 2003

COOS BAY – This week, two of the state’s most beautiful sandy stretches near Coos Bay continue under a nearly month long “Health Advisory” from the Office of Public Health.

People who go in the water at Sunset Bay State Park or Bastendorff Beach are at risk from contamination that may make them sick.

Surfers like Dan Marshal and Carmen Conn have experienced that risk first hand. They each became sick after surfing near Sunset Bay. According to Marshal, the symptoms were immediate and striking: [Read More...]