A family of five from Stockton, two high school students and the owner of a Santa Cruz diving company are among the passengers of a boat that was engulfed by flames in Southern California, sending shock waves across the Bay Area, where most of the victims hailed from. Officials have not formally named any victims,…
By BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES — Officials vowed to find what sparked the inferno aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 34 people in waters off Southern California but vital evidence may have gone down with the ship or drifted out to sea. The main piece of evidence, the charred remains of the boat, rests…
California Boat Fire: There is growing focus on the limited escape route on the boat where 34 died in the worst maritime disaster in modern California history
Many of the original Newport Beach homes sat on the beach.
On average, nearly three homeless people are dying daily in L.A. County, a rate nearly twice that of deaths by homicide.
The 34 people who lost their lives in the Conception boat fire included a teenager as young as 17 and adults in their 60s, the Santa Barbara sheriff said.
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The case of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos exposes serious failures by the Los Angeles County child protection system to intervene before his death.
While authorities continued working Tuesday to identify victims of the deadly weekend boat fire near Santa Cruz Island presumed to have killed 34 people, a pair of Santa Monica residents were identified by colleagues and friends as passengers on the ill-fated voyage. Acquaintances posted online tributes to the pair — Marybeth Guiney and Charles McIlvain,…
Police, civic leaders and relatives of an 18-year-old woman killed during a drive-by shooting in Santa Ana last week pleaded for the public’s help and announced a $50,000 reward on Tuesday, Sept. 3., for information leading to those responsible for her death. Victoria Barrios and one other person were struck by gunfire near the intersection…
