California beachgoers crowded the sand as some communities opened their shorelines during a regional he💜at wave.
Coronavirus lockdowns were lifted at beaches across Orange County as temperatures sur🌄passed 80 degrees.
Photos show some beachgoers gathered Friday in crowds that appear to violate sociꦆal꧒ distancing rules.
One image of at least five young women within six feet of eac♔h other on Hunti💫ngton Beach. Others show sunbathers sitting so close their towels touch.
On the north side of the beach, bikers, dogs and stroller-p🅺ushing couples swarmed the boardwalk, . M🍸any were without masks.
Aerial shots Aliso Beach in Laguna show people statioℱned several feet apart on the sand below.
The images are eerily similar to those from Jacksonville, Florida, a week earlier, when hundreds flocked to the coastline after a controversial decision by the city’s mayor to reopen beaches with limited hours.