Coast Guard honors local mariner in Oxnard

Capt. Rebecca Ore presents the Meritorious Public Service award to Captain Paul Amaral, owner and operator of Channel Watch Marine Inc., for his dedicated service to the maritime community throughout the coastal waters of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach June 23, 2020. In 2019, Captain Amaral responded to 389 disabled vessels, 49 potential marine pollution...
Coast Guard releases two rehabilitated elephant seal pups

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sondra-Kay Kneen.
LOS ANGELES —Coast Guard members from Station Channel Islands Harbor assisted members of the California Wildlife Commission to release two rehabilitated elephant seal pups back into the wild near Santa Cruz Island on July 12, 2016.
The elephant seal pups were being treated at the California Wildlife Center’s rehabilitation site...
11th Annual Channel Islands Harbor Safe Boating Expo kicks off National Safe Boating Week

OXNARD, Calif., — The 11th Annual Channel Islands Harbor Safe Boating Expo was held Saturday, May 14th at Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor. The event kicked off National Safe Boating Week which began May 21, 2016.
More than 900 spectators watched as rescue a Ventura County Air Rescue helicopter crew, a Coast Guard Station Channel Islands 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew, a...
Coast Guard medevacs man near Channel Islands Harbor

LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man near Channel Islands Harbor Sunday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles received a report at 8:10 a.m., from the operator aboard the 60-foot sport fisher vessel, Pacific Eagle, of a 47-year-old male suffering from dehydration and other health issues.
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat — Medium boatcrew from Coast Guard Station...
Coast Guard vessel hit with laser, endangering boatcrew

LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard is warning the public that pointing handheld lasers at Coast Guard vessels and aircrews is dangerous and illegal.
At 8:59 p.m., Thursday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach operations center, received a report from the 45-foot motor lifeboat crew at Coast Guard Station Channel Islands that four of the members were struck twice with a laser while...