Coast Guard

A diver goes under at the Port of Oakland in search of a submerged vehicle. (CBS)

Beloved Oakland Port Worker Killed After Truck Plunges Into Bay

A longshoreman at the Port of Oakland was killed Friday after his truck plunged into the bay, according to authorities.

2013/05/17

The Holland America Oosterdam cruise ship. (Sebastian Wessels/Wikimedia Commons)

Coast Guard Airlifts Blood For Ailing Cruise Ship Passenger Off SF Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard airdropped packaged blood for an ailing passenger aboard a cruise ship about 1,000 miles off the coast of San Francisco on Wednesday.

2013/05/03

Coast Guard crew members aboard a HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. (U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Phil Matier: Bay Area Lawmaker Concerned About Coast Guard Cutting Bridge Patrols

East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell said he’s tired of the “whack-a-mole” approaching to trying to fix the budget.

2013/05/01

Coast Guard Ends Search For Man Missing From Half Moon Bay Beach

The search for a 22-year-old man who disappeared from a Half Moon Bay beach on Sunday afternoon has been called off, a U.S. Coast Guard officer said Monday morning.

2013/03/25

Exhausted Swimmer Rescued From Bay Near Albany

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an exhausted swimmer in the waters near Albany on Thursday afternoon.

2013/03/22

The Coast Guard monitors a sailboat which ran aground in shallow water near Pacifica State Beach, March 4, 2013. (CBS)

2 Sausalito Yacht Theft Suspects Freed, 3rd To Be Charged

Two of three people arrested on suspicion of stealing a yacht from Sausalito were set to be released from jail just days after the vessel ran aground in Pacifica.

2013/03/06

A man who was on a stolen sailboat that ran aground off Linda Mar Beach is taken away by Pacifica Police. (CBS)

Stolen Sailboat Runs Aground In Pacifica Surf; 3 Arrested

The U.S. Coast Guard was monitoring a stolen 82-foot sailboat that ran aground in the surf in Pacifica Monday morning, an agency spokeswoman said.

2013/03/04

Coast Guard: Report Of Missing Boaters A Possible Hoax

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for a man, woman and two children who reportedly abandoned ship off the coast of Monterey County on Sunday afternoon and said the report may have been a hoax.

2013/02/26

Boating Family Feared Missing Off Monterey Coast After Abandoning Ship

Crews planned to search by sea and air through the night Monday as they ramped up efforts to find a husband, wife and two young children who sent a series of distress calls saying their sailboat was sinking far off the Central California coast.

2013/02/25