Canada geese found at a beach in Alameda earlier this month have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian flu, also known as bird flu, the East Bay Regional Park District announced Friday.

The birds were collected on Oct. 8 and Oct. 12 at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach and the park district is advising people to take precautions to reduce potential exposure and possible human infections.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.