This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Five years after 34 souls died aboard a ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

A memorial is in Santa Barbara for the 34 people who died in the Conception boat fire in 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Five years after California's worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of ...

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 ...

The captain of the Conception, a Santa Barbara-based dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, leading to the deaths of 34 people, was indicted Tuesday. Stream Los Angeles News for ...

The captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, killing all 33 passengers and one crew member, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Backstory: Jerry ...

Federal lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Ventura County that killed 34 people. The ...

SANTA BARBARA — Federal investigators on Monday criticized the U.S. Coast Guard for failing to heed years of boat safety recommendations, saying more aggressive action could have prevented the 2019 ...

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 ...