Authorities confirmed Thursday that Erica Fox, 55, a swimmer who was found dead last month after a swim in Monterey County, was killed by a shark. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner identified Fox ...

Erica Fox, 55, was killed in a shark attack off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove on Dec. 21, 2025, the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Jan. 8, 2026. Jean-Francois Vanreusel A Monterey County ...

After a shark attack injured one of their own nearly three years ago, members of the Kelp Krawlers — who swim weekly around Lovers Point in Monterey County — began searching for something that might ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — When Gary Lee Bloore came into the world in 1946 in a small town near Maquoketa, his mother ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

The Lovers Point area, where police say a missing swimmer was likely the victim of a shark attack on Sunday, is the same area where two shark-related incidents occurred in 2022, according to the ...

One of the most famous fans of sports in Iowa has passed away, KCRG reports.Gary “Smiley” Bloore died on Dec. 22, 2025, following a battle with dementia, according to a Facebook page dedicated to him.

A missing swimmer in Monterey Peninsula was identified by eyewitnesses Monday as multiple area agencies continued, and then later suspended, their search on Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. Just after ...

A woman who went missing while swimming on Sunday may have encountered a shark off the California coast, authorities said. The unidentified 55-year-old swimmer was reported missing off Lovers Point in ...

Authorities in Monterey County on Sunday night confirmed that two people reported seeing a possible shark before a swimmer disappeared off the coast of Pacific Grove earlier that day. Just after noon, ...

Heart-stopping footage has captured the moment a tiger shark swam into ankle-deep water, coming face-to-face with an unsuspecting dog wading in the shallows. The clip shows the striped shark moving ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more. So what else should you know ...