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Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history

KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles and WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history.
The headline split KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) frames it as "Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history". KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles frames it as "Rare sea turtle lays eggs in Orange County in first documented West Coast nesting".
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KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles)News report · Sep 22, 1:20 AM

Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history

A sea turtle currently nesting on a Southern California beach is the first known sea turtle on record to nest naturally anywhere on the West Coast, according to NOAA Fisheries. An olive rid...

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 22, 3:23 AM

Endangered sea turtle lays eggs on California beach for first time in recorded history

It is the first-ever recorded natural nesting for any sea turtle species on the U.S. West Coast, NOAA Fisheries said.

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KABC / ABC7 Los AngelesNews report · Sep 22, 12:05 AM

Rare sea turtle lays eggs in Orange County in first documented West Coast nesting

Historic sighting: A rare olive ridley sea turtle has laid eggs in Orange County, marking the first documented nesting of its kind on the West Coast.

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