Phoebe Beltran was swimming about 25 feet off the coast of Long Beach in California on March 30 when the incident occurred Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

(KTLA) – A 15-year-old in Long Beach, California, is recovering after a terrifying and unexpected ocean encounter with a sea lion that attacked her over the weekend. The incident happened Sunday in ...

Sea lions in Southern California waters had rarely posed a problem for beachgoers, surfers and swimmers. Now, scientists say a naturally occurring bloom of toxic algae, a neurotoxin, is infecting ...

A teenage trainee lifeguard thought she was about to be killed by a shark as she completed a swim test — only to find out she was the victim of a rare attack by a sea lion. Phoebe Beltran, 15, was ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – A California teen is recovering after she was attacked by a sea lion. The 15-year-old was training to become a junior lifeguard in Long Beach at the time. Phoebe ...

LOS ANGELES — Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was why she decided to ...