Beaches in California closed after surfer injured in shark attack

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Despite intense media attention generated by shark attacks on humans, such incidents are fairly rare along the U.S. Pacific Coast, with 154 unprovoked attacks authenticated off California since 1900, according to the Shark Research Committee.

Thirteen fatal shark attacks on people have been documented in California during the past 60 years , with the two most recent of those, in October 2010 and October 2012, occurring at Vandenberg's Surf Beach, the group said.

"More people are killed by toasters than by sharks," said Shark Research Institute archivist Marie Levine. "Every creature is born with a menu in its brain. ... Humans are not part of a shark's menu."

On the opposite U.S. coast, two women escaped unharmed after a great white shark attacked their kayak in the waters off Manomet Point in Plymouth, Massachusetts, earlier this month.

In July, a great white hooked by fishermen on a pier bit a swimmer along Southern California coast near Manhattan Beach when the man inadvertently swam into the struggling shark. The man survived with lacerations to his torso.

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A shark attack that left a surfer injured on the central California coast has prompted the closure of three public beaches in the area controlled by Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The surfer suffered lacerations to his knee, and his surfboard was scraped in the attack by a shark measuring 8 to 10 feet in length, according to a report by Shark Research Committee President Ralph Collier, who is investigating the incident.

The base and Collier's report did not say what type of shark was involved, but local media described it as a great white.

Vandenberg Air Force base, about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles, said in a notice that Surf, Minuteman and Wall beaches would remain closed until late afternoon on Sunday (local time) "due to safety considerations."

The attack occurred in the early evening on Thursday in waters one-quarter mile north of Wall Beach, the base said.

Despite intense media attention generated by shark attacks on humans, such incidents are fairly rare along the US Pacific Coast, with 154 unprovoked attacks authenticated off California since 1900, according to the Shark Research Committee.

Thirteen fatal shark attacks on people have been documented in California during the past 60 years , with the two most recent of those, in October 2010 and October 2012, occurring at Vandenberg's Surf Beach, the group said.

"More people are killed by toasters than by sharks," said Shark Research Institute archivist Marie Levine. "Every creature is born with a menu in its brain. ... Humans are not part of a shark's menu."

On the opposite US coast, two women escaped unharmed after a great white shark attacked their kayak in the waters off Manomet Point in Plymouth, Massachusetts, earlier this month.

In July, a great white hooked by fishermen on a pier bit a swimmer along Southern California coast near Manhattan Beach when the man inadvertently swam into the struggling shark. The man survived with lacerations to his torso.

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Beaches closed after California shark attack

Shark attack closes three California beaches

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Three beaches along coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base have been closed through the weekend following a nonfatal shark attack, authorities said Friday.

The attack occurred about 4 p.m. Thursday, military officials said in a brief statement posted on Vandenbergs website.

The attack happened a 400 metres north of Wall Beach, which will be closed along with Surf and Minuteman beaches until 4 p.m. Sunday.

A bite from a great white shark killed a surfer at Surf Beach in October 2012, and a bodyboarder at the same beach died in October 2010 when an apparent great white nearly severed a leg.

Vandenbergs statement only described the latest attack as nonfatal. A base public information officer did not immediately respond to a message seeking additional details.

Vandenberg is a missile and space-launch site in Santa Barbara County about 200 kilometres northwest of Los Angeles.

Surf Beach, which had been closed for several months during the Western Snowy Plovers nesting season, only reopened earlier this week.

All three beaches provide nesting habitat for the endangered bird.

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Astronomy – Ch. 5: Light & E&M Radiation (18 of 30) Stefan-Boltzmann’s Law – Video

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The Family Science & Astronomy Festival + Makerspace takes place 2 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 at College of San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd. It will be a day of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and physics lectures, demos, workshops and planetarium shows.

There will also be food trucks and a book sale at the schools library.

For more information go to collegeofsanmateo.edu. Events are free and on a drop-in basis.

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The Mustang Stampede and Pancake Breakfast for Center Middle School in San Carlos is 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.

Sign up at eventbrite.com/e/2014-mustang-stampede-registration-12781972223.

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Burlingame High School will be partnering with Free the Children from Oct. 6-Oct. 31 tohost a canned food drive called We Scare Hunger. All donations of non-perishable foods can be dropped off at the school and will be donated to Bay Area families in need through Second Harvest Food Bank. For more information contact Sue Glick atsglick@smuhsd.org, or call 558-2873.

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Rollingwood Elementary Schoolwas full of happy and heart healthy kids during this weeks Teaching Gardens Planting Day in San Bruno.In attempt to fight against childhood obesity and encourage health education, theAmerican Heart Associationin partnership with Microsoft, held a Teaching Garden Planting Day where local students learned how to plant and harvest produce, make healthy choices and stay active.Pro volleyball star and childrens health advocate, Gabby Reece, as well asKelly Meyer, founder of the Teaching Gardens Program, were also present to encourage students and speak at the schoolwide assembly.

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