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Swimmer suffers 'significant' injuries in shark attack at California beach
The person was taken to an area hospital.
ByTeddy Grant
June 22, 2022, 3:41 PM
A person was attacked by a shark at a California beach Wednesday, sustaining "significant" injuries from the bite, Pacific Grove police said.
Following the shark attack at Lovers Point Beach, the swimmer was transported to Natividad Hospital, the Pacific Grove Police Department said. The man's condition is unknown at this time.
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Police said people at the beach reported that a shark was in the water around the time of the attack. Several people went into the water to help the person who was attacked, police said.
"We want to express our gratitude and appreciation to the Good Samaritans that took immediate action and personal risk to assist the swimmer," Pacfic Grove police said. "We thank our partners at the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. In addition, we thank our CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] members who responded to help with the beach closures to keep the community safe."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/swimmer-suffers-significant-injury-shark-attack-california-beach/story?id=85570005
Lightning
Published June 23, 2022 8:48am EDT
Lightning strike in California kills woman, her two dogs
Pico Rivera, California woman, her two puppies found dead near San Gabriel River
By Stephen Sorace | Fox News
A Southern California woman and her two dogs were killed by a lightning strike Wednesday morning as thunderstorms hammered the region, authorities said.
Antonia Mendoza Chavez, 52, was identified as the woman killed in the fatal lightning strike around 8:50 a.m. near the San Gabriel River in Pico Rivera, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jonathan Branham.
"It was a female Hispanic adult who had been struck by lightning and did not survive her injuries," he said. "She was walking two dogs and the dogs were also deceased."
Gloria Colocho, who rented Mendoza a room in Pico Rivera, told FOX11 Los Angeles that the 52-year-old was "hardworking" and had a deep love for puppies, Chubby and Luna.
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Mendoza, who worked as a housekeeper at a nearby motel, walked her dogs once a day on the trail near the river, according to Colocho. When the landlord first heard that a lightning strike killed a woman and her two dogs, she said that she immediately thought of Mendoza and her "heart dropped."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-woman-dogs-lightning-strike
https://www.casino.org/features/shark-attack-odds/