(Annie Otzen/Getty Images)(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, w ...

Phoebe Beltran, 15, was attacked an aggressive sea lion during a test swim for life guard cadets in Long Beach on March 30, 2025. (Bibi Beltran) ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — 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 ...

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 ...

Phoebe Beltran, 15, was just 25 feet from the shore in Long Beach on a 1,000-yard swim for a cadet lifeguard qualification on March 30 when she was suddenly pulled under the water.

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 ...

Phoebe Beltran said doctors and nurses at the hospital couldn’t believe it either. She said their theory is that the toxic algae outbreak poisoned the sea lion responsible for the attack.

Phoebe Beltran said she did not do "anything that provoked" the sea lion and she would not have swum next to it if she had seen the animal. "It came out of nowhere, I was surprised by it and so ...

Phoebe Beltran said doctors and nurses at the hospital couldn’t believe it either. She said their theory is that the toxic algae outbreak poisoned the sea lion responsible for the attack.

Phoebe Beltran said doctors and nurses at the hospital couldn’t believe it either. She said their theory is that the toxic algae outbreak poisoned the sea lion responsible for the attack.