Bailey said he also saw a juvenile great white in waist-high water in the same area, but nobody was in the water at the time.

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As long as the sharks remained non-aggressive and feeding on bottom fish, Bailey said the water would remain open to the public, although surfers and swimmers would be warned.

After hearing Seal Beach lifeguards say their $1,400 drone was working for them, other lifeguards in California said they'd be open to working with drones, too.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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