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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eugene Garcia and Ed White

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

Rare Turtle Nests - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A reptile believed to be struggling in sand at a Southern California beach was simply making history: a sea turtle laying eggs on the U.S. West Coast.

And three days later, there were more. An olive ridley turtle — maybe the same one — laid eggs on Sept. 19, a few miles away near the Huntington Beach Pier in Orange County, authorities said.

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