Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As people kick off the summer by flocking to beaches, lakes and pools, the swimmers are here - but the lifeguards aren't. At least, that's what some parks departments and ...

If water enthusiasts are noticing more lifeguards on duty at their local pools, it just might be related to adjustments that ...

BARRIO LOGAN, Calif. (KGTV) — A swimming pool in the Barrio Logan area is calling on local lifeguards to help deliver a memorable summer experience for children of some of the lowest income households ...

The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Swimming pools provide a source of joy and relaxation, but they also carry inherent risks, especially the potential for drowning. In an effort to mitigate this danger, a German swimming pool is ...

Lifeguard shortages are leaving swimmers high and dry all across the country. Will Vermont ride the same wave once pools and beaches open in the coming weeks? New York and other large metro areas have ...

Summer break is just weeks away for several Bibb County residents, but their swim time may be cut short due to the lack of ...

At North Beach in Burlington, Alec Kaeding is putting lifeguard towers in storage and buying “swim at your own risk” signs in bulk. The city’s waterfront and parks operations manager said that, before ...

Beach time, pool sessions and swimming lessons are in hot demand as temperatures soar across the Bay Area, but shorter hours and lengthy waitlists are creating challenges for families eager to beat ...

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...