The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group arrived in San Diego Monday, greeted by hundreds of loved ones anxious to see the sailors after 10 months at sea. The carrier group arrived at its new homeport, Naval Air Station North Island, around 10 a.m., concluding a 294-day deployment that marked the longest carrier deployment in the […]
The Conception dive boat, which sunk on Labor Day killing 34 people off the coast of California, did not have a crewmember on roving overnight watch as required by its certificate, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report and NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt. “A crewmember sleeping in the wheelhouse berths was awakened by a […]
Riverside County supervisors Tuesday approved an aggregate $1.79 million in expenditures for a project to clear the Salton Sea north marina of dirt and debris to make the channel usable again by boaters who dock at the North Shore Beach & Yacht Club. On a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Jeff Hewitt away on personal business, […]
Experts said Wednesday that only 22 vaquitas remain in the Gulf of California, where a grim, increasingly violent battle is playing out between emboldened fishermen and the last line of defense for the smallest and most endangered porpoise in the world. Jorge Urban, a biology professor at the Baja California Sur University, said the 22 […]
Two shark researchers who came face-to-face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an opportunity to push for legislation that would protect sharks in Hawaii. Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and conservationist, told The Associated Press that she encountered the 20-foot (6-meter) shark Tuesday near […]
A whale looked to be getting dangerously close to the Santa Monica shore, right near the pier and famous Ferris wheel, before righting itself and heading back out to sea, a video captured Tuesday revealed. “It looks lost!” a witness can be heard saying in the video. An NBC4 crew was on the Santa Monica […]
