A total of 34 people were killed on Sept. 2, 2019, when the Santa Barbara-based dive boat Conception caught fire and sank while anchored offshore of Santa Cruz Island. Noozhawk.com Conception dive ...

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 ...

A U.S. District judge on Thursday sentenced Conception boat captain Jerry Boylan to four years in a federal prison, officials said. Last year, a jury in Los Angeles found Boylan, 70, guilty of one ...

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors are seeking restitution for the families of 34 people killed in a scuba dive boat fire in 2019 that was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. A judge will ...

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, ...

A memorial at Sea Landing at the Santa Barbara Harbor to the 34 people who died in the Conception dive boat fire. The boat's captain, Jerry Boyland, was convicted of manslaughter Monday in federal ...