The Coast Guard is working to rescue seven boaters who were stranded overnight when their boat ran aground in Suisun Bay.
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Navy: 2009 Coast Guard/Marine midair crash was preventable
SAN DIEGO – The Navy says a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members based out of Sacramento and two Marines off the Southern California coast last year was “entirely preventable.”
No single cause of crash of Coast Guard airplane, Marine copter last fall
No single factor caused the collision of a Sacramento-based Coast Guard airplane and a Marine Corps helicopter off the coast near San Diego last October.
Coast Guard rescues 3 people off Mendocino County
The Coast Guard is crediting the use of an emergency beacon with the saving of three people who were dumped into chilly ocean waters without life vests or survival suits when their Oakland-bound catamaran capsized off the coast of Mendocino County.
Memorial planned to honor Coast Guard crew lost in crash
As a relatively small branch of the military, the U.S. Coast Guard views itself as a close-knit family
Cap collects more oil, but BP’s Gulf spill could go until autumn
Even though the containment cap is capturing more and more of the oil gushing from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says the battle to contain the oil is likely to stretch into the fall.
Coast Guard ends search for young girl near Pittsburg
The Coast Guard has called off its search for an 11-year-old girl who fell into the water near the Pittsburg Marina Saturday evening.
BP ‘top kill’ effort continuing; some success reported
The Coast Guard says BP is having some success slowing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by injecting mud but the fix isn’t done yet.
Couple killed in boat accident in San Francisco
The Coast Guard says a married couple is dead after a weekend boating accident in San Francisco.
Another dead whale washes up in San Francisco Bay
A dead gray whale was spotted in the waters off the Ferry Building in the San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon, a U.S.
