A young gray whale washed up at La Jolla Shores near the Marine Room restaurant Thursday afternoon, according to San Diego Lifeguards. A lieutenant with the Lifeguards also said the whale is in a shallow, low-tide area. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tells CBS 8 the whale is roughly 24-feet long and still alive. The agency went to La Jolla Shores to assess the situation and determine whether the juvenile whale could return to the ocean on its own. A NOAA spokesperson tells CBS 8 the agency will return to where the whale was stranded at dawn Friday. NOAA will determine next steps if the young whale is still beached in the wait-deep water. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/life/animals/young-gray-whale-washes-up-la-jolla-shores/509-5b83281a-338b-405d-b1e4-98b34e745900