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Shark Attacks On The Rise Along The California Coast

SAN DIEGO (CBS SF) -- Shark attacks are on the rise along the California coast, according to beach officials in Southern California.

"Beach access to the water is closed today because we had a girl get bit by a shark," said one park official.

Beachgoers were greeted by scary warning after 35-year-old Leeanne Ericson was attacked in knee-deep water north of San Diego last week.

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