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The group of about 50 people were aboard the Condor Express, which conducts whale watching tours daily through the Santa Barbara Channel, according to Capt. Dave Beezer, who has been working for the company for nearly 20 years.

On Aug. 30, the group spotted the floating carcass of a dead elephant seal about 14 miles off the coast of Gaviota and Beezer knew to stick around in the area, he said.

Beezer said he’s seen a white shark feed about four or five times in his lifetime.

“I had a conversation today with an early-stage investor and none of us had any data yet showing there are fewer companies being started because of this,” said Beezer Clarkson, a partner at Sapphire Partners who invests in early-stage venture capital firms.

After the St. James Cathedral dome collapsed beneath a 1916 record snow, a trusted Louis Beezer helped rebuild the destroyed sanctuary while improving its abysmal acoustics.