A 15-year-old girl named Phoebe Beltran was attacked by a sea lion during a lifeguard tryout in Long Beach, Calif., authorities said.

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

Phoebe Beltran, 15, has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the animal on Sunday in Long Beach, about 24 miles south of Los Angeles. Although she has ...

Phoebe Beltran sustained several cuts on her right arm and had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by the marine animal Sunday in Long Beach, about 24 miles south of Los Angeles, NBC Los Angeles ...

Teen girl attacked by sea lion in Long Beach thought she was encountering a shark - Phoebe Beltran was due to take a swim test for Long Beach’s cadet lifeguard programme when the attack happened in fr ...

But a sea lion?" That's the incredulous reaction of 15-year-old Phoebe Beltran after being attacked by the latter over the weekend in Southern California, during her audition to be a junior lifeguard ...

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.” ...

A teenage girl, 15, was attacked by a sea lion while completing her lifeguard cadet swim test on Sunday in Long Beach. Phoebe Beltran was swimming near a lifeguard tower when the sea lion unexpectedly ...

Phoebe Beltran was finishing a 1,000-yard swim on Sunday at Alamitos Beach when she felt a sudden pain in her arm, and a shadow beneath her. Sign up for our Newsletters "I assume it's a shark, ...

The 15-year-old was training to become a junior lifeguard in Long Beach at the time. Phoebe Beltran said she received multiple injuries from the sea lion, but isn’t going to let the attack keep her ...

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 ...