The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard: (WASHINGTON) — The Coast Guard would like to remind small passenger vessel operators of the critical requirement to ensure crewmembers performing safety-sensitive duties are properly enrolled in a drug and alcohol testing program and also of the importance of maintaining accurate [...]
Santa Catalina Island, Calif.— A memorial was held this weekend for Laurel Silver-Valker, a master scuba diver and mother of two who was abandoned at sea while diving for lobsters. Laurel Silver-Valker, 45, of Tustin, was last seen on Dec. 29, 2015, after plunging into the ocean off the coast of Catalina island. Silver-Valker was a [...]
Monterey, CA – Jorgensen and Salberg, LLP sues scuba diving school for near-death drowning of Northern California woman. Mr. Franciscovich, a former navy diver and underwater diver for Discovery Channel, was eager to take his fiancé to earn her open water diving certificate in Monterey, CA. He enrolled his fiancé in a scuba diving class [...]
