VIDEO: The captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day 2019 is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for criminal negligence in the deaths of all 33 passengers, including two Santa Monica residents, and a crew member.
Jerry Boylan faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
The federal criminal jury in downtown Los Angeles returned its guilty verdict last Nov. 6 on the single charged count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, a pre-Civil War law also known as seaman's manslaughter, at the end of the first day of deliberations.
The fire is considered the worst maritime disaster in modern California history.
"This ship captain's unpardonable cowardice led to the deaths of 34 lives," Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said in a statement.
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A fire in a commercial building in Fresno prompted a HAZMAT team response on Wednesday afternoon.
According to fire officials, warehouse employees in the area of Home and Sierra Vista Avenues reported a fire in the warehouse and adjacent buildings around 2:30 p.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters say they found light smoke coming from the building. The building contains chemicals used for manufacturing, so the HAZMAT Team was requested. As a precaution, fire officials say the building next door was evacuated as well. The HAZMAT team was able to safely move the chemicals away so that the fire could be extinguished.
No injuries were reported during this incident. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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A 36-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to arson charges, including a hate crime allegation, after he was arrested in connection with two fires that authorities say were set in Yucaipa. One of the fires damaged a church.
Jonathan Nava of Albuquerque, New Mexico, entered his pleas on Monday, April 29, in Superior Court in San Bernardino via closed circuit television from West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. He was charged with two counts of arson of an inhabited structures and one count of arson to terrorize.
Places of worship, courthouses, public libraries and places that provide abortion counseling are among those covered by the terrorism statute in the state Penal Code.
Battalion Chief Alison Hesterly, a spokeswoman for Cal Fire’s San Bernardino Unit, declined to say why the department believes Nava targeted the church, citing the ongoing case.
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PHOTOS: A fire crew with the Roseville Fire Department was not called to rescue the typical cat stuck in a tree on Wednesday, but a duckling in a storm drain.
When calls came in for a duckling stuck in a storm drain and no animal control officers on duty, the members of Engine 6 responded. The team was able to find the suspect storm drain and located on the duckling that they successfully rescued.
After the rescue, the duckling was brought to the Bird and Pet Clinic of Roseville where it was given a clean bill of health before being handed off to the Gold County Wildlife Rescue.
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