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(Newser) - It appears the "surfboard-stealing otter" has returned to Santa Cruz. A 21-year-old surfer named Isabella Orduna felt a "nip" on the foot Wednesday at the surf spot Steamer Lane and emerged from the water to see a "big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter" atop her board,...

(Newser) - A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the US Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday. Democrat Lexi Reese said she has been unable to raise the many millions of dollars needed for a first-time candidate to introduce herself...

(Newser) - A veteran California lifeguard who spent nearly half his life saving swimmers in Newport Beach died yesterday during a rescue attempt. Ben Carlson, 32, who KTLA reports had been a local lifeguard for 15 years, dove into tumultuous 10-foot waves around 5pm to help a man in distress. Carlson reached...