LOS ANGELES — Beachgoers looking to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend are putting up with a whale of a stink.
A dead humpback whale was stuck on a popular Los Angeles-area beach, with revelers urged to steer clear of the huge carcass.
Small waves washed around the decomposing leviathan on Dockweiler Beach, a long stretch of sand near the west end of Los Angeles International Airport with an RV park and extensive parking that usually draws big crowds.
“We ask that people not go in the water near here because you see the fluids are seeping out of it now, and those fluids pose a hazard,” cops said.
