SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Attorneys representing the families of four victims killed when the Conception dive boat burned and sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island last September are putting ...

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Jerry Boylan, right, captain of the Conception, arrives in federal court in Los Angeles in October 2023. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat ...

Nearly five years after 34 people died below deck in a fire on the Conception dive boat, the families of the victims have yet to receive any restitution and the vessel's captain remains free, despite ...

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The captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, killing all 33 passengers and one crew member, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Backstory: Jerry ...

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, talks on Monday, the anniversary of the deadly Conception dive boat fire, about the need for mandatory Safety Management Systems, ...

Dive boat disaster likely caused by charging batteries and lack of watchman, NTSB says The fire that caused the deadly Conception dive boat disaster last year might have been sparked by cell phones ...

The captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day 2019 was sentenced today to four years behind bars for gross negligence in the deaths of all 33 ...

Five years after the deadly Conception dive boat fire, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy joined the victims' family members to call on the U.S. Coast Guard to enact ...

In the early hours of Sept. 2, 2019, the Conception dive boat was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, 25 miles out to sea from Santa Barbara, when a fire sparked and burned unnoticed. At about 3 a.m., the ...

Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat where 34 people died amid smoke and flame over Labor Day weekend in 2019, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for negligence that ...