
A Mexican fisherman is accused of ramming a U.S. Coast Guard boat in an effort to elude capture and flee back to Mexico. The move resulted in one Coast Guard member being injured in the crash after the Mexican boat struck him.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Dec 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

The more than 8,000 Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica after Castro ally Nicaragua rejected their legal visas will fly over Nicaragua to El Salvador to commence their voyage to the United States, a coalition of Central American nations announced this week.
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

The 20th Annual Blessing of the Fleet was held in Trinidad, California early Thanksgiving morning at the usual start of the busy season for crab fishing.
by Michelle Moons27 Nov 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

Mysterious tar balls have been appearing on Southern California beaches, and the phenomenon seems to be hitting individual beaches one after the other. The latest hit: Long Beach.
by Michelle Moons4 Jun 2015, 12:18 PM PST0

Strange black blobs of tar-like goo surged on onto southern California’s Manhattan Beach by the thousands, closing down the two-mile area Wednesday while the U.S. Coast Guard and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the source and substance.
by Michelle Moons28 May 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

The sad look of south Santa Barbara beaches after the recent oil spill is serving as a backdrop for environmental protesters to advance their causes that have little to do with the ocean’s birds and fish. But as the protesters chanted “End Oil Now!” billions of microscopic bacteria are feasting on the oil that has been on their diet for millenniums.
by Chriss W. Street26 May 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

A man exited the Galveston-Bolivar ferry and placed himself in the gulf waters about 7:30 a.m. Monday morning. He is presumed dead and the case is being treated as a suicide.
by Lana Shadwick5 May 2015, 6:14 AM PST0

Just before sunrise Friday morning two Mexican nationals were arrested on the sandy beaches of Coronado Silver Strand State Beach after jetting through ocean waters and making illegal entry into the United States.
by Michelle Moons21 Feb 2015, 6:45 AM PST0