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Volunteers help clean out Jean McAdams' mobile home after it was overturned by a tornado May 20, 2013 near Shawnee, Oklahoma. (Brett Deering/Getty Images)

Menlo Park Rescue Team Standing By For Oklahoma Tornado Relief

An urban search-and-rescue team based in Menlo Park is ready to respond to Moore, Okla., where crews continue to search for survivors of a deadly tornado that struck on Monday.

2013/05/21

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Paraglider Injured After Falling 500 Feet Into Lake Berryessa

A paraglider was injured when he fell from 500 feet into Lake Berryessa Tuesday morning, a Napa County sheriff’s captain said Wednesday.

2013/05/08

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2 Brothers Drown When Canoe Capsizes In Lexington Reservoir

Two brothers drowned and their sister and brother survived after the siblings’ canoe capsized in the Lexington Reservoir near Los Gatos on Sunday, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

2013/05/06

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Teen Who Fell Down Shaft In Marin Headlands May Face Charges

The National Park Service might ask the Marin County District Attorney’s Office to file charges against a 16-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a World War II bunker in the Marin Headlands on Sunday and fell 35 feet down a ventilation shaft.

2013/05/01

(CBS)

Teen Rescued After Falling Into Abandoned Marin Bunker Shaft

A teenage boy who was trying to get into a hole near a bunker on Hawk Hil near Conzelman Road in the Marin Headlands was rescued Sunday after falling 35-feet down an abandoned ventilation shaft.

2013/04/29

Police Detail Rescue Of Bay Area Man, Sister In Caribbean

A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by their two U.S. passengers, authorities in St. Lucia said on Friday.

2013/04/26

Dan Suski of San Francisco (left) and his sister Kate Suski of Seattle, survived 14 hours in the water after their boat sank off the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean. (HTS TV / CBS)

Bay Area Man, Sister Survive Ship Sinking In Caribbean

A San Francisco man and his sister are recovering in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia after their ship sank during a fishing trip, forcing them to swim almost 14 hours to reach land.

2013/04/26

A kayaker paddles at night (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Kayaker Saves Livermore Family After SUV Plunges Into River

A kayaker rescued five members of a Livermore family after their SUV drove into the American River on Thursday, a California Highway Patrol sergeant said.

2013/04/08

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

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