Ahead of a forecasted Bay Area heat wave, crews began removing the dead fish at Oakland’s Lake Merritt as passersby took photos of the decaying topsmelt and bass.
There’ll be a big fish fry in Oakland, but not the good kind. The toxic algal bloom that has killed literally tons of fish in Bay Area waters is leading to Oakland Public Works incinerating the 1,200 pounds of dead fish that were floating in Lake Merritt.