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California shark attack report leads to search for missing swimmer

Written on 3 Oct, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a missing swimmer following a reported shark attack in the Bay Area over the weekend. [Fox News] On Sunday, a witness informed authorities about a possible shark... (Continue reading)

Great white spotted in Morro Bay Harbor, video

Written on 10 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured, Screening Room | 12 comments

The captain of Morro Bay Boat Charters took a  video of an 18 foot to 20 foot great white shark about a mile from the south jetty at the Morro Bay Harbor on Thursday. While boating, Micheal Brink spotted a... (Continue reading)

Oceano man who caught great white shark turns himself in

Written on 13 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

An Oceano man who caught a great white shark and posed with the fish turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. The man surrendered himself to California Fish and Wildlife officers after the agency circulated photos of him with the shark.... (Continue reading)

Shark bites kayaker’s foot

Written on 6 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A hammerhead shark bit the foot of a kayaker fishing in the waters off California’s Central Coast on Saturday. [Fox] At about 2:30 p.m., the kayaker was 1.5 miles from the Malibu shore when a 10-foot hammerhead shark bit a... (Continue reading)

Another shark spotted in Morro Bay

Written on 3 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Four days after a shark bit off a chunk of a woman’s surfboard, surfers again rushed out of the water after several people noticed a shark swimming in the ocean off Morro Bay. [KSBY] Last week, a shark bit off... (Continue reading)

Shark attacks surfer in Morro Bay

Written on 31 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 54-year-old Los Osos woman survived a shark attack while surfing Saturday morning at Morro Strand State Beach. [Daily Mail] The shark bit off an approximately 14-inch-wide chunk of Elinor Dempsey’s surfboard. But, Dempsey escaped the attack uninjured. Dempsey initially... (Continue reading)

Video shows shark swimming with surfers by Pismo Beach

Written on 11 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Bakersfield field man captured drone footage of a shark swimming in close proximity to surfers offshore of the Oceano Dunes. [Daily Mail] Dustin McCaslin flew a DJI Phantom 3 drone overhead of surfers Saturday morning. He initially thought that... (Continue reading)

Central Coast beaches closed after multiple shark attacks

Written on 4 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three shark attacks in two days have led to the closure of Surf, Minuteman and Wall beaches in Santa Barbara County. On Thursday, an 8 to 10 foot shark attacked a surfer near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The shark scraped... (Continue reading)

Shark spotted in Morro Bay

Written on 9 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A commercial fisherman spotted a 10-foot shark in Morro Bay Sunday, prompting the city’s harbor patrol to issue a shark warning. [KEYT] The shark sighting was the second to occur in Morro Bay in a little more than a month.... (Continue reading)

Eighteen-foot shark spotted in Morro Bay

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A fisherman spotted a shark estimated to be about 18 feet long at the mouth of the Morro Bay harbor on Friday. The report marked the fourth shark sighting in San Luis Obispo County in a span of less than... (Continue reading)