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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Great White Sharks Off the Coast of Southern California

    A funeral mass was scheduled today for Lucas McKaine, who died last week after a shark attack while he was surfing off Vandenberg Air Force Base. Other services have been held at UC Santa Barbara where McKaine was studying chemical engineering. Ralph Collier confirmed for the County Coronor that McKaine was killed by a Great White shark.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A funeral mass was scheduled today for Lucas McKaine, who died last week after a shark attack while he was surfing off Vandenberg Air Force Base. Other services have been held at UC Santa Barbara where McKaine was studying chemical engineering. Ralph Collier confirmed for the County Coronor that McKaine was killed by a Great White shark. He's President of the Shark Research Committee and author of Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century: From the Pacific Coast of North America.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      architecture critic and author

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      Ralph Collier

      President, Shark Research Committee

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    Prop 26: How Does It Impact Public Health, the Environment?
    1. 0:00Kamala Harris: Democratic Candidate for State Attorney General
    2. 11:06Proposition 26
    3. 21:04Great White Sharks Off the Coast of Southern CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    4. 26:45An Age of Austerity: Can It Happen Here?
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