In the early hours of September 2, 2019, the dive boat Conception was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, California, after a day of recreational diving. Most of the passengers were asleep in the lower ...

Captain in dive boat tragedy that resulted in 34 dead, fails in an appeal of a seaman's manslaughter conviction, and must ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Several victims of a boat fire that occurred near the Santa Cruz Islands in Southern California have been identified as Northern California residents. From Santa Cruz to Fremont, ...

A federal appeals panel in Pasadena on Tuesday upheld the manslaughter conviction of the former captain of the Conception, which caught fire near Santa Cruz ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Brett Harmeling posted to Facebook only hours after Monday's deadly fire tore through the 75-foot dive-boat, Conception. He wrote, "Please pray for my sister Kristy!! She was ...

Sept. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1666, the Great Fire of London began. It destroyed 13,000 houses in four days. In 1935, a hurricane hit the Florida Keys, killing more than 350 people. In ...

A federal appeals panel in Pasadena heard arguments Tuesday but made no immediate ruling on a bid to vacate the conviction of the former captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire near ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The owner of the diving boat that was engulfed in flames and sank off the coast of Santa Barbara says the crew tried desperately to save the passengers trapped by flames, but ...

The Coast Guard Investigative Service served search warrants on Truth Aquatics, the owner of the diving boat that was swallowed up by flames off the California coast on Labor Day, Santa Barbara County ...