A long Labor Day weekend is again attracting countless beachgoers to the South Carolina coast and Myrtle Beach most of all. Pray for their safety. Drowning deaths remain rare in South Carolina but ...

This summer, families looking for an open community pool or a guarded public beach might find it difficult due to a nationwide lifeguard shortage. According to the American Lifeguard Association, it ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, but this year, like last, many municipalities are having a hard time recruiting lifeguards and swim instructors. Like many industries, ...

The Chicago Park District has fired a male lifeguard who allegedly “inappropriately touched” a girl participating in a parks program, according to a new report from the agency’s internal watchdog. The ...

A number of area pools will limit programs and hours again this season as they face an ongoing lifeguard shortage, while Fairport beach will operate without regular lifeguard hours. Local officials ...

On a peaceful June morning at the beach in Deerfield, a swimmer glided past, a woman napped in the sun, and the lifeguards set up at their stations, unhurried. There was no emergency. And yet Mike ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- On Saturday, the city of Santa Monica unveiled two towers on Ginger Rogers Beach painted to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and Pride month. By Monday, lifeguards ...

View from the Springmaid Pier looking North at swimmers and sunbathers in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. The week of July 4th is one of the times for tourism in the Myrtle Beach area. July 2, 2024. A long ...