California suffered its first deadly attack by a great white shark in almost 50 years yesterday when a swimmer was killed 50m from a popular beach near San Diego as he took part in a triathlon training session. David Martin, a 66-year-old retired veterinarian, was swimming with a group around 22km north of San Diego early on Friday when the shark attacked.
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/ 22 October 2007
From the high desert to the Pacific Ocean, out-of-control wildfires have engulfed swathes of drought-parched southern California, claiming one life, destroying several homes and a church in Malibu, and forcing an entire community to evacuate. Thousands more homes remained at risk on Monday.