Rare sea otter spotted off Dana Point

DANA POINT  At first it was just a quick glimpse from the corner of Capt. Chris Pica’s eye.
Pica, captain of the Reel Fun, a boat operated by Dana Wharf Sportfishing and Whale Watching, had just rounded the Headlands on his way up the coast toward Newport Beach with 29 Boy scouts on Saturday, Aug. 26, when movement in the water made him take a second look.
At first he thought it must have been a sea lion and he watched for a second one to come up. But when he saw the dark figure slice