Channel Islands

Less than a year ago, Tia Salika was wearing an animal-print scuba suit and posing for a photograph in the depths of the iridescent blue ocean off South America with her parents and her best friend. So it seemed only fitting that the high schooler would celebrate her 17th birthday with another adventure: A diving tour through California’s rugged Channel...

The crew of a scuba diving boat that sank off the coast of Southern California made several attempts to rescue the 34 people who were trapped below decks by fire, but intense flames drove them back and all perished, federal authorities said Thursday.

A complex investigation into a Labor Day weekend dive boat trip that ended in tragedy off Southern California will likely include a detailed timeline of events and attempt to answer why no one below deck was able to escape the fast-moving fire that left 34 people dead.

Family and friends converged on Southern California to learn the fates of their loved ones after a commercial scuba boat erupted in flames off the coast near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day. Thirty four people died in the tragedy.

A deadly boat fire off the coast of Southern California resulted in at least eight deaths, with 26 people still missing Monday, and the man who rescued the only known survivors shared his story.

Bob Hansen, a boat captain who helped rescue five crew members escaping a deadly boat fire near the Channel Islands, speaks about the disaster on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Workers were putting the final touches on the all the branded exhibitions Wednesday evening, while enthusiastic fans lined up outside of the convention center to be some of the first inside.

Jerry Seinfeld sued a California dealer in classic cars Monday, saying the company has left the comedian stranded in a dispute over whether a 1958 Porsche he sold is authentic.

Wickedly funny royal comedy-drama “The Favourite” lived up to its name Wednesday, leading the race for the British Academy Film Awards.

Sergeant Ron Helus of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office was one of the first officers to enter the Southern California bar where a gunman opened fire on revelers attending a weekly college night event. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said Helus was struck multiple times by gunfire as he confronted the shooter. The sheriff said a highway patrolman pulled out...

The U.S. economy grew at a weaker 2.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, as consumers and businesses slowed their spending. But given the economy’s recent performance, analysts are still looking for a solid rebound in the current quarter. Growth in the gross domestic product, the economy’s total output of goods and services, came in...

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday but noted that inflation is nearing its 2 percent target rate after years of remaining undesirably low. The Fed ended its latest policy meeting by leaving its key short-term rate unchanged at 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, the level it set in March after its sixth rate increase since December...

Scientists say they’ve unearthed fossil remains of a sea cow that lived off Southern California’s Channel Islands some 25 million years ago.

California isn’t just in the middle of a water crisis. It’s also going through a sea lion crisis. Hundreds of sick and starving sea lion pups are washing up on beaches from San Diego to San Francisco, and scientists say they don’t know when it will end.

Sick and starving sea lion pups are turning up on California beaches at a time when they should be nursing with their mothers in the Channel Islands or Mexico.