BRENTWOOD, Calif. -- A wayward sea lion was rescued near Brentwood Saturday after wandering a couple of miles away from any source of water.
Officials don't know how the 170-pound female sea lion ended up at an elementary school in the town of Knightsen, but it was first spotted on Delta road.
The Contra Costa Sheriff's Department corralled her in at the school until volunteers with the Marine Mammal Center arrived.
Also on scene were curious residents who ventured out to get a good look at the sea lion
“It's cool! We're the Knightsen sea lions now!,” said some children watching the spectacle.
The marine mammal center says the sea lion is named Na'au and has actually rescued her once before.
Jim Oswald, a spokesman for the center says the 5-year-old female sea lion was about two miles away from the closest source of water when it was rescued.
Oswald says the sea lion was previously rescued in May, then again in June, in Santa Cruz County.
While it's being cared for, Oswald says the animal will undergo testing to see if it's suffering from domoic acid poisoning, an illness caused when sea lions eat fish that have consumed toxic algae.
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