The U.S. Coast Guard, Marin County Fire and Golden Gate National Recreation Area rescued four swimmers pulled in to the Pacific Ocean Wednesday night by a strong wave.The call for rescue was received by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area around 6 p.m. for a report of four people in the water. When rangers arrive moments later, three teens were already on the beach.
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Three men were rescued off the coast of San Francisco this morning after their crab boat capsized, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said.The Coast Guard received a mayday call over the radio at around 12:40 a.m., Petty Officer Laura Alcon said.A crab boat capsized near the Cliff House and three people fell into the water before climbing into a life raft, Alcon said.Coast Guard crews rescued the stranded boaters and no serious injuries were reported.
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A 21-year-old man who was pulled from the Bay by the U.S. Coast Guard this morning apparently jumped off the San Mateo Bridge, a Coast Guard spokesman said.The California Highway Patrol and a passing motorist reported seeing a person in the water near the western portion of the bridge at about 7:15 a.m., Lt. j.g. Jeremy Pichette said.
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man from the Bay near the San Mateo Bridge this morning. The California Highway Patrol notified the Coast Guard at 7:19 a.m. that there was a person in the water near the western end of the bridge, Lt. j.g. Jeremy Pichette said. The Coast Guard dispatched a small boat and a helicopter, and arrived at the scene at 7:50 a.m., Pichette said. Foster City fire also sent a small boat, he said.
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A man who had been standing on the ledge of the Bay Bridge for about two hours this afternoon was taken into custody by the California Highway Patrol at about 4:40 p.m., an officer said.
The man had been on the Bay Bridge just past the Treasure Island exit threatening to jump, as lanes were blocked by rescue crews and traffic backed up.
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A man was rescued from the water after his boat sank near the Emeryville Marina in the San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The 35-year-old man from Lafayette made a distress call that his fishing boat was rapidly taking on water at about 3 p.m., officials said.Responding crews found the man floating with a life vest near his sunken 32-foot boat, according to the Coast Guard.
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Three kayakers were rescued from San Francisco Bay this afternoon and were transported to a local hospital, a San Francisco fire dispatcher said.The fire department received a call at 4:08 p.m. reporting several overturned kayaks near McCovey Cove, which is where the Bay meets Mission Creek near San Francisco's AT&T Park.The fire dispatcher said at 4:45 p.m. that two of the victims had been located and that the Coast Guard was assisting with a search for the third.
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A new Coast Guard report accused the White House and the Department of Homeland Security of having “severely restricted ... timely, accurate information” about last summer’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Several layers of review and approval ... hindered the Coast Guard’s ability” to deliver “timely and effective crisis communications,” the report said.
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Two of 18 boats that sank in Santa Cruz Harbor on Friday have been recovered in an ongoing effort to respond to damages from the aftermath of the disaster in Japan, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.On Friday, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan caused a tsunami that killed hundreds of people before traveling across the Pacific Ocean and temporarily elevating surf levels on parts of the California coast.
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