A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, ...

It's not often that you hear about sea lions attacking humans, but recently a slew of assaults have occurred in California.

A toxic algae bloom in southern California has sickened dozens of animals, causing them to have seizures and act erratically.

Marine experts say these attacks are not common, but are happening more often. That’s due to a toxic algae bloom that are ...

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach while she was trying out to become a junior guard cadet. Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Beltran has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized ...

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is still recovering from a sea lion attack that happened while she was swimming over the weekend. Phoebe Beltran was finishing a 1,000-yard swim on Sunday at Alamitos ...

The teen was instead met with a hostile sea lion, a marine animal that can weigh ... cadet test once she has recovered. “I love the beach. I love the ocean. I love swimming,” she said.

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is recovering after a terrifying and unexpected ocean encounter with a sea lion that attacked her over the weekend. Sandra Mitchell reports March 31, 2025.