Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Ever since the ...

LOMPOC, Calif. — In the spiritual tradition of the Chumash people, it’s revered as the “Western Gate” — a portal through which the souls of the dead enter paradise. To sea captains, its known as the ...

On Monday morning, as bright sunshine cut through puffy clouds and ever-steady winds whipped the western edge of the continent, three of the nation’s five certified lampists could be found atop the ...

Located at Point Conception, the lens has been off limits to the general public in a remote location and surrounded by private ranchland, but it was once the lonely post of dedicated lighthouse ...

The S.B. Maritime Museum is throwing a party for the Point Conception Lighthouse lens, which more than a century ago began illuminating the treacherous coastal pointy elbow of California. Paul Wellman ...

A 260-foot barge that partially sank near Point Conception earlier this month was re-floated and removed from an environmentally sensitive area before being allowed to sink, according to a statement ...

A circular skylight collapsed inside the officer’s quarters in the stern of the shipwrecked Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch. To the right of the skylight is a sounding machine that was used to determine ...

The Edith was one of many famous ships built by the renowned Boston merchant Robert B. Forbes. It was a screw steamer commissioned in 1844 by Forbes to use in the opium trade between British India and ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - A man died after falling over the side of a sailing boat near the coast of Point Conception Sunday afternoon. The US Coast Guard responded to the call around 2:20 p.m.

Located at Point Conception, the lens has been off limits to the general public in a remote location and surrounded by private ranchland, but it was once the lonely post of dedicated lighthouse ...