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Search for blame continues in fire aboard dive boat

LOS ANGELES—One of the worst disasters in modern California history has brought a search for blame as investigators decide whether a crime occurred aboard the Conception scuba diving boat that

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Coast Guard Issues Marine Safety Alert on Defective PFDs

WASHINGTON— The Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert warning of a “potentially dangerous circumstance” involving Cal-June Jim Buoy Personal Flotation Devices. The alert states that during recent inspections

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New Tahoe Boating app has interactive mapping, guides, tips

RENO, Nevada (AP)—The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has created a new app to help boaters and paddlers navigate Lake Tahoe’s expansive waters. The free Tahoe Boating app available for download at tahoeboating.org

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Whale entanglements along West Coast drop by nearly half

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A conservation group says the number of whales entangled in crab fishing gear along the West Coast dropped by nearly half this year after a lawsuit settlement ended California’s

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Criminal probe underway in fiery California boat disaster

LOS ANGELES (AP)—U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California, two officials said Sept. 9. The FBI,

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