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As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.

As a woman was walking on the beach with her dog March 4, she spotted “a sea lion stuck on the rocks in front of the Ventura Promenade” and called 911, prosecutors said.