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Man sentenced to prison for phony Mayday calls
Los Angeles TimesSAN DIEGO - A 47-year-old National City man was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay $9,606 in restitution after pleading guilty to transmitting two phony Mayday calls that sent the Coast Guard on rescue missions. Sean Berry...Tags: Punishment
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Small plane crashes into bay
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- Two people who emerged from a banner-towing single-engine Cessna that crash-landed on San Diego Bay were lucky to be alive Sunday. The plane's engine stopped, and it dropped an advertising banner moments before ditching just south of the...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Disasters and Accidents
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Body found in ocean identified as missing skipper
SAN DIEGO -- A body found floating in the ocean near the Coronado Islands last weekend was positively identified Tuesday as that of the skipper of a yacht involved in an accident that claimed his life and three others 10 days ago. A fisherman spotted the...
Tags: Sailing, Manhattan (New York City), Mexico
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U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism unit returns
SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego-based U.S. Coast Guardanti-terrorism unit returned to Naval Station North Island Sunday from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba following a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, according to Coast Guard officials....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Station North, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Terrorism
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3 dead, 1 missing in California-Mexico boat race
POINT LOMA, Calif. -- A U.S. Coast Guard rescue boat and helicopter and Mexican Navy units scoured 500 square miles of ocean off the international border Sunday, seeking a possible fourth victim from a sea collision that destroyed a yacht racing from...
Tags: Sailing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing, Mexico, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Suspected illegal immigrants arrested in Coronado
CORONADO, Calif. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a group of suspected illegal immigrants on a Coronado beach Friday after a getting an apparently bogus boating distress call that may have been intended as a diversion, authorities reported....
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration
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Pioneering surf forecaster Sean Collins dies at 59
Los Angeles TimesSean Collins, an avid surfer and entrepreneur whose self-taught ability to forecast ocean swells changed the way surfers worldwide chase the perfect wave, died Monday after suffering a heart attack while playing tennis in Newport Beach. He was 59. The...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Science, Companies and Corporations, Ocean Surfing, Los Angeles Times
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USS McClusky departs on drug mission
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO - The guided-missile frigate, USS McClusky, began a six-month deployment Wednesday afternoon with one of its primary missions to help combat maritime drug trafficking, according to Navy officials. A crew of 30 officers and 210 enlisted...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
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Navy sailor flown to shore for treatment
SAN DIEGO -- A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew Monday hoisted a 21-year-old sailor suffering from chest and back pain from a U.S. Navy ship 20 miles northwest of La Jolla, officials said.
The crew of the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault...Tags: U.S. Navy, Back Pain
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Marines survive jet crash off coast
SAN DIEGO -- A Coast Guard helicopter rescued two Mirarmar-based Marine aviators about four hours after their fighter jet crashed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico early Thursday morning.
The Marine pilot and weapons officer were rescued...Tags: San Antonio, Injuries and Wounds, Iraq War (2003-2011), Miramar, Pacific Ocean
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