Tributes flow after sneaker wave claims two Bay Area students at Santa Cruz beach
TL;DR
Two Bay Area college students, Harshita Nair (UC Berkeley) and Mahial Sran (San José State), were killed when a sneaker wave swept them from Panther Beach in Santa Cruz County; tributes poured in from Fremont, UC Berkeley, and San José State University as officials warn beachgoers about dangerous swells and sneaker waves following several rescues along the coast.
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