Westside stench returns and the Pacific is blamed

Residents along the beach in Santa Monica and Venice complained early Sunday of a foul smell that seemed to be coming from the Pacific. Readings on the water detected higher than typical amounts of methane, according to media reports, but since methane is odorless at normal temperatures that wouldn't seem to explain the smell. However, it could have been an algae blooming or some other venting of gas from the sea. Stories at the LA Times, KPCC, ABC 7.

Previously on LA Observed:
Stench across Southland blamed on Salton Sea fish
Remember the mystery stench?
Hey, they got a better stench
That stench is spreading
Our Iraq correspondent's nose knows
Mystery of the stench deepens
That Westside stench

LA Observed file photo of Marina Peninsula beach