8 stranded inside beach cave on California's Central Coast rescued from rising water
Several people were rescued from a cave at a beach on California's Central Coast over the weekend, after they became trapped due to rising ocean water.
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Several people were rescued from a cave at a beach on California's Central Coast over the weekend, after they became trapped due to rising ocean water.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew confirmed the identity of the vessel as the Mariana, a 145-foot U.S.-registered dry cargo vessel, officials said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it has called off a dayslong search for several people who jumped overboard when their alleged drug-trafficking boats were targeted by the U.S. military.
The Senate confirmed Admiral Kevin Lunday as Coast Guard commandant after agency guidance on the display of hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses was clarified.
Video shows Coast Guard vehicles pursuing a go-fast vessel that appeared to have multiple people aboard.
Just before 11 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard Station in Monterey was alerted to a twin-engine Beechcraft that had crashed between 200-300 yards off Point Pinos.
The body of the last person missing after a boat capsized in Lake Tahoe was recovered, raising the death toll to eight.
U.S. Coast Guard officials say the search for a missing crew member from the cutter Waesche has been suspended.
Antioch police on Wednesday said one of their dispatchers helped the U.S. Coast Guard save the life of a man whose boat sank on Christmas Eve.
U.S. Coast Guard crews were kept busy over the weekend, rescuing 16 people in five separate emergencies in the Bay Area and along the Monterey coast.
A Disney Cruise Line ship, the Disney Treasure, rescued four people from a catamaran that was taking on water some 265 miles from Bermuda Sunday, according to the Coast Guard.
A clean-up effort is underway after petroleum spilled into a canal near Stockton, officials said.
Video shows a Coast Guard member descending into the choppy ocean from a helicopter to reach the man and dog.
Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, officials said,
"This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area of Puerto Rico," the Coast Guard said.
Leo, a three-year-old golden retriever, fell about 300 feet and was stuck between the high cliffs and the Pacific Ocean, but is expected to survive his injuries.
Officials have yet to find the source of the oil spill, which has left chunky globules and long slicks near a 67-mile-long pipeline system off the coast of Louisiana.
The man was found two days after the search for him and another sailor was suspended.
Charles Gregory was adrift at sea in a small boat, part of which had filled with water by the time he was rescued.
The remotely operated vehicle, called Odysseus 6K, initially located the debris field that included fragments of the lost submersible last week.
A sub that set out to explore the Titanic wreckage vanished in the North Atlantic, prompting a massive search and rescue operation.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the sub experienced a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," and confirmed that a debris field found on the sea floor was pieces of the missing sub.
The U.S. Coast Guard said a Canadian plane detected noises underwater in the search area for a sub that went missing while taking people to the wreckage of the Titanic.
Specialized planes and vessels are scouring the ocean for the sub, which had been on an expedition to visit the wreckage of the Titanic.
The sub went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic.
