What Would Actually Happen If You Swam in Lake Merritt?
You probably don’t want to find out firsthand
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9 min readNov 16, 2020
On the sunny side of the bay, flocking to Lake Merritt to bask on its grassy shores is a weekend ritual that Oaklanders live for. Even on the hottest days we’ve recently endured, though, you won’t see anyone dare to dip into the water itself. There’s an unspoken understanding that the actual…
