California dive boat crew were all sleeping when fatal fire broke out, with no one on watch
All six crew members on a California dive boat that erupted in flames on Labor Day, killing 34 people, were sleeping when the fire broke out, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman has previously said that a safety ...
California law on treating rideshare drivers as employees may hurt 'gig economy'
Labor activists Wednesday were celebrating California's move to have drivers treated as employees by rideshare firms even as it fueled concerns it will hurt digital platforms depending on the "gig economy." A landmark bill was approved 29-11 late Tuesday in the state senate, with the ...
California pastor Jarrid Wilson, founder of Christian suicide outreach, apparently kills himself
Jarrid Wilson, who founded a Christian suicide outreach group in Southern California, has died. Wilson, an associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship who founded "Anthem of Hope" with his wife to help people coping with depression and suicidal thoughts, died by suicide Monday, said Greg ...
A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the entire southwest border. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay Tuesday that put the ruling by U.S. ...
Search warrants served in California dive boat fire investigation
Authorities served search warrants Sunday at the Southern California company that owned the scuba diving boat that caught fire and killed 34 people last week. Agents with the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other agencies searched Truth Aquatics' offices in ...
Pain of scuba diver deaths in boat blaze off California felt across globe
Less than a year ago, Tia Salika was wearing an animal-print scuba suit and posing for a photograph in the depths of the iridescent blue ocean off South America with her parents and her best friend. So it seemed only fitting that the high schooler ...
Smoke likely claimed California dive boat victims before fire did
Dozens of people trapped on a scuba diving boat that caught fire off the Southern California coast appear to have died from smoke inhalation, not burns, authorities said Friday. The 34 people were trapped in a cramped bunk room below the main deck of the ...
Investigators look into causes of California dive boat inferno that left 34 dead
U.S. investigators on Thursday were examining potential ignition sources of a deadly fire on a scuba diving boat, including electronics aboard the vessel where 34 people were killed off the coast of Southern California. Investigators know photography equipment, batteries and other electronics were stored and ...
33 bodies from California boat blaze recovered; one still missing
High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among the victims of a fire that tore through a scuba diving boat off Southern California's coast, trapping dozens of sleeping people ...
Search operations for survivors of a scuba diving boat disaster off the California coast were suspended Tuesday after divers recovered 20 bodies and spotted another four to six trapped in underwater wreckage. The remains of 11 women and nine men have been transferred to coroner ...
Dive company owner among missing in California boat inferno as confirmed deaths so far number 25
Marine biologist Kristy Finstad first put on a dive tank at the age of 9. The 41-year-old co-owner of Worldwide Diving Adventures was leading the scuba tour off Southern California when fire engulfed the dive boat, Conception, early Monday with 39 people on board, including ...
34 feared dead in predawn dive-boat blaze off California island
As many as 34 people are feared dead, according to the Coast Guard, after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. Five crew members were rescued and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll told The Associated Press the Coast Guard was ...
