Press Releases

• July 23, 2008
  First Operational Helicopter Landing on Coast Guard’s new Homeland Security Cutter
  
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  July 18, 2008
  Kayaking/Canoeing Represent More Than 15% Of All Recreational Boating Fatalities In The United States
  
  LOS ANGELES, Calif – In a year where overall recreational boating fatalities decreased from 710 in 2006 to 685 in 2007 the number of fatalities associated with the use of canoes/kayaks increased to 107 in 2007 as compared with 99 in 2006. This is according to statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety. This figure represents about 15.6 percent of the total of all recreational boating fatalities in the U.S. in 2007. Of the 107 fatalities associated with kayaking/canoeing 97 were from drowning (66 canoe/ 31 kayak.)
• July 11, 2008
  Coast Guard and Los Angeles County Fire Department/Life Guard Sign Memorandum of Understanding
  Signing to Strengthen
  
• July 08, 2008
  Coast Guard Station Morro Bay Rescues Fisherman
  
• July 02, 2008
  Coast Guard Emphasizes Boating Safety for July 4 Weekend
  
• June 26, 2008
  Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip Rescues Six from Sinking Boat
  
• June 24, 2008
  Port Agencies Respond to Terrorist Threat During Exercise
  
• June 22, 2008
  COAST GUARD ASSISTS 4 ADULTS, 4 CHILDREN
  
• June 22, 2008
  SIXTY-NINE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE
  
• June 20, 2008
  CGC Halibut Medevacs Catalina Woman