Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor to hold 11th Annual Safe Boating Expo
LOS ANGELES – The 11th Annual Channel Islands Harbor Safe Boating Expo will take place at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor, 4201 S. Victoria Ave., Oxnard, CA 93035.
The boating expo is free to the public and will include rescue demonstrations from the Coast Guard, Ventura County Fire Department, Oxnard Fire Department and Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
The...
Coast Guard responds to boater in distress near Anacapa Island
LOS ANGELES – Coast Guard responded to a boater in distress approximately 5 miles near Anacapa Island, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a Mayday call at 7:30 a.m. from a boater stating his vessel was disabled and the engine was smoking.
The Coast Guard sent out a broadcast notice to mariners in the area and the good Samaritan vessel, Fanatic, quickly arrived...
Coast Guard ends search for unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard ended the search for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2, at about 1:30 p.m., after the woman was located by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at a local hospital.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a call at about 8:30 a.m., reporting that a note was left on the beach along...
Coast Guard searching for unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach
Los Angeles – The Coast Guard is searching for an unconfirmed person in the water near Zuma Beach, Tower 2.
Coast Guard watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a call at about 8:30 a.m., reporting that a note was left on the beach along with some clothing, giving the suspicion that someone had entered the water.
There has been no witness to any persons...
Coast Guard searching for individual reported overboard from sunken vessel near Santa Barbara
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard is searching for one individual after a vessel reportedly sank approximately 17 miles South of Santa Barbara Harbor.
Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency distress signal from the commercial fishing vessel, MISS JACINDA, at 4 p.m, Friday.
Coast Guard watchstanders immediately launched an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles,...
Coast Guard ends search for man near Ventura Harbor entrance
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard has ended the search for a missing boater near Ventura Harbor Entrance.
At about 8:30 p.m., Friday, two individuals fell in the water after their 15-foot Boston Whaler recreational vessel capsized near the entrance to Ventura Harbor. One man successfully swam ashore, but a 65-year-old man was reported to still be missing.
Shortly after receiving notification at Coast...
Coast Guard transports 3 people off Santa Rosa Island
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard evacuated three individuals after their vessel lost power and capsized near Skunk Point on Santa Rosa Island, Monday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received notification at 4:30 a.m., that the 50-foot commercial vessel Angels Gate ran aground.
A Good Samaritan aboard the fishing vessel, Pacific Knight, arrived on scene and launched a small...
Coast Guard aids 4 on disabled boat
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard aided four stranded people, including a 16 year-old boy, from a disabled 19-foot boat about 700 yards off Port Hueneme, Calif., Saturday night.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach Command Center personnel directed the master of the vessel to drop his anchor to avoid moving closer to shore, however, the operator no longer had an anchor after cutting it...
Coast Guard interdicts suspected drug smugglers off Southern California
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard and Customs & Border Protection worked together to interdict a panga vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics near Santa Rosa Island, Calif., late Monday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a report of a suspicious vessel from a Good Samaritan and launched a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles to investigate....
