SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Clean up operations from the oil spill that occurred 6 miles offshore Santa Barbara County early Sunday morning, have concluded for the evening. Assessments as of Monday evening showed nearly all recoverable product as being removed with only a large area of light sheen remaining and dissipating slowly.
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Coast Guard continues coordinated rescue effort in Kodiak
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk from Air Station Kodiak was launched at 3 p.m. and flew to an altitude of 1,750-feet but was unable to reach the location where the four stranded men are due to low cloud ceilings, poor visibility and high winds.
Oil spill regulators respond to platform spill off the coast of Santa Barbara County
SANTA BARBARA, Calif — The California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), the U.S. Coast Guard and DCOR, LLC are responding to an oil spill from a platform six miles off the coast of Santa Barbara County. The three entities have established a unified command to manage cleanup and [...]
Coast Guard, police rescue woman from Lake Champlain
BURLINGTON, Vt., – A Coast Guard boat crew pulled an Essex, Vt., woman from 42-degree water in Oakledge Park, Vt., today after she was found non-responsive in Lake Champlain.
Cutter Edisto seizes 156 bales of marijuana
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard Cutter Edisto, based in San Diego, working with the crew of a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, based out of Air Station Sacramento, recovered more than six tons of marijuana from the waters off of Baja California, Mexico, Dec. 4.
Alaska weather prevents Coast Guard rescue of four men stranded on mountain
KODIAK, Alaska – Blizzard conditions and winds in excess of 50 mph prevent Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak from rescuing four cable technicians stranded on Sheritan Mountain on Kodiak Island.
Obama Taps Shinseki as Next Veterans Affairs Chief
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki as his nominee to be secretary of veterans affairs.