Crime & Safety
Shark Sighting Closes Sunset Beach In Orange County Monday
Huntington Beach officials reported that Sunset Beach would be closed "out of an abundance of caution" due to a shark sighting.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — One Orange County beach was closed after a shark sighting was reported on Monday, Huntington Beach city officials said in a statement.
The shark was spotted off the shore of Sunset Beach, just two miles from the neighboring Surfside community. The sighting prompted officials to close Sunset Beach at around 2 p.m. for "the next several hours."
Sunset Beach is located between Warner Avenue and Anderson Street in Huntington Beach.
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No further information was immediately available.
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