Strong rip currents expected along Ventura coast. Heat on rise

Amid a recent high-profile death at California beaches, the National Weather Service has warned of coastal flooding and strong rip currents along the central coast, including Ventura County, through June 17.

The Los Angeles coast may experience minor, but impactful coastal flooding on June 16, with tides causing waters to reach the parking lot of Zuma Beach in Malibu, said Devin Black, a meteorologist with the agency’s Oxnard-area office, in an online news conference.

Tides will likely peak the night of June 16, reaching about 7-feet high between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m., with elevated surf between 3 and 6 feet, Black said…

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