The California Wildlife Center received more than a dozen calls about sick sea lions in Malibu over four days.

MALIBU — An outbreak of domoic acid is sickening sea lions in the waters off Malibu, according to wildlife officials. Workers at the California Wildlife Center responded to at least 14 calls for sea lions in distress over a four-day period, the center said in a Facebook post on Saturday.

More than a dozen sea lions have been sickened in the wake of a likely domoic acid outbreak in Malibu, according to wildlife officials. "Though we have not confirmed the cause for these animals' illness,