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Bodies are brought ashore at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Monday after the commercial dive boat Conception caught fire and sank near Santa Cruz Island. Twenty bodies have been recovered, but 14 people ...

A 75-foot diving boat called the Conception caught fire off the coast of Ventura County early Monday with 39 people aboard. Five crew members managed to escape the ship, which was largely destroyed.

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Around 3:30 a.m. on Labor Day, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the dive boat Conception off Santa Cruz Island in Southern California. They found the vessel completely ablaze. The ...