As Spectrum News reported, an olive ridley sea turtle laid eggs on a Ventura beach this month, marking the city's first recorded nesting of the species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stated that officials are working with state and federal agencies to protect the site, which is now blocked off. Chris Dellith, a senior biologist with the agency, told Spectrum News that the nesting is likely due to warmer ocean temperatures from current El Niño conditions. Unlike previous nests in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach in September—which were relocated to the Aquarium of the Pacific due to hazardous surf—no relocation is currently planned for the Ventura nest. Officials will observe the location on a slope where water drains without pooling.