California State Parks monitoring parks and beaches as red flag warning continues across Ventura County

VENTURA, Calif. - As the red flag warning continues across parts of Southern California, crews from the California State Parks are monitoring parks and beaches in the Ventura area to ensure everyone’s safety.

While winds seem calm right now, state park leaders want to remind the community strong winds could come our way.

Right now the agency has lifeguards patrolling the coastal areas in their trucks.

The agency has increased staffed across Ventura and Santa Barbara state parks.

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"As we saw yesterday, we had high winds during a high wind warning ... right now it’s fairly calm, but that could change so be prepared," said Captain David Wilson of California State Parks.

State park officials are closely monitoring the National Weather Service and making contacts for any potentially unsafe activity.