Public safety officials have been warning beachgoers to stay away from animals found stranded on the beach because they can become aggressive.

Public safety officials have been warning beachgoers to stay away from animals found stranded on the beach because they can become aggressive.

The toxicity of this particular bloom seems to be a lot higher, ” said a marine biologist. “Animals are in worse shape than ...

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, ...

Along some seventy plus miles of southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in ...

Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Beltran has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the animal on Sunday. Although she has since been released from the hospital and ...

Phoebe Beltran sustained several cuts on her right arm and had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach.

The attack occurred in the area of Ocean Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, in front of the Long Beach Lifeguard Headquarters on 2100 East Ocean Boulevard.

Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for ...

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 ...

A wave of sea lions off the coast of Southern California have been sickened by an algae-produced toxin that makes them aggressive.

Gonzalo Medina of the Long Beach Fire Department told NBC Los Angeles she'd never heard or seen anything like this before in her "25 years of service." While sea lions are a common sight in Long ...