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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Attorneys representing the families of four victims killed when the Conception dive boat burned and sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island last September are putting ...

President Joe Biden recently signed legislation which holds owners of boats responsible for damages caused to their passengers. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was authored by Rep.

A plaque is unveiled in 2020 to remember the 34 people who died in the Conception boat fire off Santa Cruz Island. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Federal investigators on Monday criticized the U.S.

The smoldering remains of the dive boat Conception Credit: Ventura County Fire Department photo Cell phone video captured by one of the Conception dive boat victims confirms that people below deck ...

Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat where 34 people died amid smoke and flame over Labor Day weekend in 2019, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for negligence that ...

The chain of events that led to the tragic deaths of a young crewmember and all 33 passengers aboard the Conception dive boat in 2019 are directly addressed in new rules from the Coast Guard, which ...

LOS ANGELES — Federal lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that ...

Jerry Boylan, right, captain of the Conception, arrives in federal court in Los Angeles in October 2023. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat ...