Avery Reyes, 8, slides into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Logan Ryan, 9, reacts aft sliding into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Jake Ryan, 11, slides into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Adrianna Ryan reacts aft sliding into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Logan Ryan, 8, slides into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Brian Torres, 13, slides into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
Friends, from left, George Rojas, 13, Brian Torres, 13, Anthony Torres, 8, and Jeremiah Rico, 13, descent into unheated h2o during the yearly Polar Bear Plunge astatine Splash La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
For the 14th year, La Mirada held its Polar Bear Plunge but this twelvemonth determination was 1 quality — it wasn’t connected New Year’s Day.
Instead, it was held connected Saturday, Dec. 18. But the rule remained the same. You went connected a descent into an unheated excavation during the chills of winter. Well, astir winter, anyway.
The metropolis moved the day successful an effort to summation attendance, Oliver Osuna, manager of assemblage services, said.
However, for those seeking to lukewarm up, determination was recreational swimming successful the heated 25-yard pool, and escaped blistery cocoa.