SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The lack of a required night watchman aboard a scuba dive boat delayed the detection of a fast-moving fire that trapped and killed 34 people below deck as the vessel was ...
A permanent memorial to the 34 victims of the Conception dive boat fire sits on the Santa Barbara Harbor breakwater. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk file photo) The Conception dive-boat captain accused of ...
SANTA BARBARA — All crew members were asleep when the Conception caught fire early on Labor Day, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, a major revelation in the investigation of the ...
Labor Day in Santa Barbara will long be remembered for the 34 people who died in a boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. But this year, on the day before the third anniversary of the tragedy aboard the ...