SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The sixth anniversary of the deadly Conception dive boat fire is on Sept. 2. On Labor Day, people visited the memorial at the end of the Santa Barbara breakwater to pay their ...

Allie Kurtz gave up a job in the movie industry to live her dream of working on the water, and when she landed a job as deckhand on a scuba diving boat, she was thrilled. She was on that boat, the ...

Ninth Circuit denies captain’s appeal in fire that killed 34, incl. Santa Cruz County victims ...

In September 2019, the dive boat Conception caught fire while anchored near Santa Cruz Island off the California coast. Many passengers were asleep in the lower bunk room when flames rapidly spread ...