Coast Guard recovers body of missing kayaker
USCG File PhotoMENDOCINO, Calif. – The Coast Guard with help from the Mendocino Fire Department recovered the body of a missing kayaker at 8:45 p.m., after a 15-hour search today.
On Tuesday evening at 5:38 p.m., the Coast Guard received a call from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reporting an overdue kayaker just south of Cape Mendocino near the Big River inlet.
The kayaker,...
Coast Guard rescues sailor off of Fort Bragg, Calif.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – A Canadian sailor was rescued by the Coast Guard after he abandoned his sailboat 55 miles west of Fort Bragg, Calif., Sunday evening.