A sea lion was spotted chowing down on a striped bass it caught in the waters of McLeod Lake along the waterfront March 7 in downtown Stockton. While sea lions tend to stay primarily in the ocean, a few occasionally make their way through the Delta to Stockton.

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly beating a sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning on Ventura Beach, according to authorities.

Play stupid games… get into a fight against a sea lion. In case you were wondering, sea lions are typically not a threat to humans. That’s under normal circumstances though. This video below is quite possibly the farthest thing we’ve ever seen from a normal circumstance.

A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip has been filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of a Washington state aquarium.

“When conditions are right, waters off the coast of California can experience large-scale toxic algal blooms that are capable of sickening hundreds of sea lions in a matter of weeks, causing them to wash ashore at an alarming rate – sometimes a dozen a day,” according to the Marine Mammal Care Center.

Police arrested a 32-year-old man allegedly caught on Ventura beach cameras beating a sea lion with a large stick Tuesday morning.

A man was located and arrested after he allegedly beat a pregnant seal lion with a stick. A pregnant sea lion is recovering at a California facility after being brutally attacked with a stick on Ventura Beach.

Police arrested a 32-year-old man allegedly caught on Ventura beach cameras beating a sea lion with a large stick Tuesday morning. Amanda Starrantino reports.

VENTURA, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) - A pregnant sea lion is recovering at a California facility after police say she was beaten with a stick in an attack captured on security cameras. The suspect is now ...

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly beating a sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning on Ventura Beach, according to authorities. Surveillance footage captured a man later ...

A man was arrested after he was accused of attacking a sick sea lion with a stick, California police say. As officers monitored the Ventura Beach promenade using remote cameras, they saw a man hit ...