A Brightwaters native completed a rare long-distance swim off the coast of Los Angeles to honor her mother, who died of pancreatic cancer, and to raise money for cancer research. Rachel Griffin, 40, ...

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Last week, a local woman set a world record for her swim across the Catalina Channel. It was Grace Van der Byl's ninth world record. But she didn't do it alone, she had help including from family ...

HOLLAND — Now that he's mastered the triple crown of open water marathon swimming, it might be safe to assume local ophthalmologist Bryan Huffman is half-man, half-fish. Huffman, who previously swam ...

In complete darkness, a team of six swimmers recently embarked on a 21-mile relay from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes. At 3 a.m., the relay began with the first swimmer diving into pitch-black water ...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES (CBSLA.com) — A teenager from New Jersey swam the channel between Catalina Island and mainland California Monday and is well on her way to becoming the youngest person in history ...

Around sunset on Wednesday, 66-year-old Jamshid Khajavi will wade into the sea near Redondo Beach and begin swimming toward Catalina Island. If he’s successful in completing the 21-mile solo crossing ...

Six swimmers have been swimming in jeans, sitting in bathtubs filled with ice and sleeping with windows open and without blankets since February. “People think we’re crazy, and we are a little crazy,” ...

The man swims hard. Waves bigger than the man is tall crash around him. He is cold, exhausted. He doesn't know if he can go on. Everyone is counting on him — his friends, his family, his teammates, ...

ABOARD THE BOTTOM SCRATCHER, CATALINA CHANNEL Joey Ferreri shivered. Wrapped in three blankets, his feet tucked into borrowed Ugg sheepskin boots, he reached for the steaming mug of hot chocolate, but ...

Newport Beach Lifeguard John Graass completed his first swim from the Santa Catalina Island to Palos Verdes. At 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Graass stepped into 71-degree water and started his swim on a ...