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

The animal bit her repeatedly before she was able to escape and swim to shore. Officials sound alarm after rare sea lion ...

Phoebe Beltran was in the homestretch of her 1,000-yard swim when she suddenly felt an intense pain as the sea lion bit her ...

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, ...

From Left: Phoebe Beltran; and her arm after being attacked by a sea lion ...

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 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 ...

Phoebe Beltran, 15, was doing her swim test for her lifeguard certification in Long Beach on March 30 when she felt something clamp down on her arm. 'Out of nowhere, I feel something biting my ...

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 ...

Phoebe Beltran, a hopeful cadet for the Long Beach Fire Department Junior Lifeguard Program, was taking a swimming test as part of her training on Monday when “out of nowhere, I feel something biting ...

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