Beachgoers are encountering more stingrays and suffering their lashings as a marine heat wave off Southern California draws them closer to shore.
Erica Fox disappeared on December 21 after a shark attack was suspected during a group swim off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove.
A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for a 55-year-old father who drowned in Lake Perris while trying to save his 7-year-old son after their kayak capsized.
When crews arrived, they found the young boy holding onto his dad, who was unconscious. Investigators said the father heroically kept his son afloat.
A witness at the scene said the two were a father and son, and that the father went into the lake to save his son from drowning.
A man was bitten by a shark off the coast of Catalina Island early Tuesday morning.