(Mark Woodward / @NativeSantaCruz) Divers from the U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Tuesday, continued their almost daily slow-speed chase to catch the otter. "That’s shocking to me. I wouldn ...

“They looked silly chasing an otter around with a net, not catching her,” Santa Cruz surfer Rob Betthauser recalled Tuesday as he pulled up at the Lane with his surfboard on his bike. The U.S ...

SANTA CRUZ — Nobody in this quintessential beach town can say exactly why a sea otter began harassing surfers ... involved a “bait” surfboard and diver, and a nearby boat with a net and ...

After a few moments, the child resurfaced and the mother managed to pull the child out while the otter continued to attack, chasing the family even as they left the dock. The child was taken to ...