Locals headed to Ocean Beach in San Francisco over the Labor Day weekend found themselves walking through trash "overflowing" from garbage cans and "strewn across the sand," as NBC Bay Area reports.

The mess over the weekend, likely exacerbated by the hot weather driving foot traffic to the beach, included scattered beverage cups and food wrappers. However, it was the broken glass bottles that most concerned some attendees with children and pets.

"People don't clean up what they bring in," said Jessica Feeney, who brought her 2-year-old daughter Violet to Ocean Beach. "I had the feeling: Should she be walking in the sand? Is there gonna be broken glass?"

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For some, the trash was not a surprise sight.

A "People Behaving Badly" television segment by KRON's Stanley Roberts that aired in late August caught people littering before the heat wave even began. "If you're planning to visit Ocean Beach in San Francisco, there's something you need to remember," said Roberts in the clip. "Bring some shoes. I'm not kidding, because the beach is filthy. You'll find things from baby diapers to wine bottles."

Garbage left behind at San Francisco parks and recreation areas by locals and tourists continues to be a problem for city and parks organizations.

In one weekend during the spring earlier this year, for example, Dolores Park visitors left enough trash behind to fill 460 garbage bags. By the next month, the city was considering monetary fines for littering at the park.

At Ocean Beach, which is part of Golden Gate National Parks, littering is prohibited, but that didn't keep park rangers from having to pitch in to help clear the sand of refuse each morning over the weekend, as NBC reported.

SFGATE has reached out to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for comment.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

