Shifting lanes – Coast Guard members observe ‘Bike to Work’ Day
Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart Coast Guard members stationed at Base Alameda, Calif., helped out at an energizer station at the entrance of Coast Guard Island for the cycling community in support of “Bike to Work [...]
Emergency at Sea: Setting the Main Space Fire Doctrine on CGC Halibut
By Lt Stew Sibert It was just before lunchtime on one of those beautiful southern California days when the Sector Los Angeles Command Center called the Halibut to report a suspicious vessel. The crew jumped at the opportunity to investigate, [...]
California’s Keeper Recovers Drifting Buoy
Story by Lt. Collin R. Bronson The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, working with the National Data Buoy Center, recently recovered a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather data buoy approximately 100 miles west of San Diego, [...]
Coast Guard teamwork saves sailors and their boat
By Master Chief Petty Officer John Bowen and Petty Officer 1st Class Derek Cannoy Four feet of icy water filled the bilge of the sailboat Tioga, short-circuiting the boat’s electronics and leaving the crew without power to operate the bilge pumps [...]
Connecting With the Public – Sector Los Angeles Hosts Commercial Fishing Industry Day
Story by Ensign Michael Schuetzler If ever there was a profession that pitted man against nature, it would be fishing. On Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, a diverse team of Coast Guard experts combined their various seamanship and technology skills in [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Aspen: Superior Technology, Superior Performance
Story by Ensign Sarah Otey It was a bright and chilly morning in late December 2012 as the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen sliced her way through the calm waters of San Francisco Bay toward the more turbulent winter seas of [...]
Coast Guard Sector San Diego incorporates Auxiliary into training schedule
Story by LT Adam Young and LT Joseph Plunkett Coast Guard Rotary wing aviators have always leaned on the Coast Guard surface community to support their training. Historically, this training involved hoisting from Coast Guard patrol boats, response boats and [...]
Don’t get carried away on the beach
Photo, poster, video and story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland ALAMEDA, Calif. – Shortly after the 2012 Thanksgiving holiday, a family and their dog were walking along Big Lagoon Beach near Eureka, Calif., when a wave suddenly swept their [...]
The greatest show on H2O
Story by Chief Petty Officer Mike Lutz America’s Cup sailed into San Francisco Bay with all the thunder and excitement of a NASCAR race — even supplying the occasional high-speed crash — all while numerous Coast Guard and local law [...]
Safe crabbing
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland. On the bobbing docks of Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, Coast Guard Auxiliarists walk from crab boat to crab boat calling out, “Ahoy, Skipper! Do you need a safety check?” The [...]
