Increased trench digging at Aliso berm has lifeguards, neighbors on alert

A sea gull stands on a sign near a sand berm at Aliso Beach Park which holds back the water in Aliso Creek in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. The creek flows due to winter rains and kept filled due to a natural sand berm at the beach which is beneficial for fish and wildlife. Orange County lifeguards and others keep a lookout to see if anyone is digging a channel across the berm which then unnaturally drains Aliso Creek into the ocean. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/S