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Print Brock Wetzel was taking a walk with his grandfather, brother and sister around some rocky cliffs near San Onofre surf beach on Presidents Day when he noticed a small sea lion lying on a sandy berm. “We thought it was just fine at first,” the 12-year-old San Clemente resident said. “Then it turned around, and we saw it had a cut on it.” They reached out to Wetzel’s aunt, Candice Appleby, a professional paddleboarder whose affinity for pinnipeds is so well-known her friends joking...

Pacific Marine Mammal Center, a Laguna Beach lifeline for injured sea lions, reopens to visitors Healthy recovering sea lions slip and slid on slick pavement at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center on Tuesday. (Don Leach/Daily PIlot) Print Brock Wetzel was taking a walk with his grandfather, brother and sister around some rocky cliffs near San Onofre surf beach on Presidents Day when he chanced upon a small sea lion lying on a sandy berm. “We thought it was just fine at first,” the 12-y...