President Joe Biden recently signed legislation which holds owners of boats responsible for damages caused to their passengers. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was authored by Rep.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Small Passenger Vessel Safety Act became law when the House and Senate voted on Friday to override the President's defense bill veto. Congressman Salud Carbajal said the ...

The deadly fire that broke out four years ago aboard the Conception dive boat, killing 34 people, started in a plastic trash can on the main deck, a confidential report reviewed by The Times shows.

Lawyers representing families of a crew member and three passengers — who were among the 34 who died in a boat fire during a Labor Day dive trip off the Santa Barbara coast — sued the vessel’s owners ...

On the first anniversary of the 2019 Conception boat fire, Susan Tibbles walks past a memorial for the 34 people who died. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Family members of the 34 people who died in the ...

A memorial for the 34 victims of the Conception dive boat fire is placed at the Santa Barbara Harbor. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk file photo) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. One of the deadliest accidents in recent U.S ...

The family of a deceased crew member who perished on the diving boat that caught fire on Labor Day off the coast of southern California, killing 34 people, is suing the owners of the boat claiming ...

Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception, was charged with 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter in the deaths of the 33 divers and one crewmember who’d been sleeping below the decks of his vessel on ...

Four families whose relatives were among the 34 people killed in a fire on Labor Day aboard the dive boat Conception are suing the vessel’s owners, alleging they failed to have a roving watch required ...

Family members of the 34 people who died in the Conception dive boat fire off the Channel Islands in 2019 are suing the U.S. Coast Guard, alleging it failed to enforce regulations and allowed the ...