Eight miles west of Petaluma on Tomales Road is a Coast Guard training center whose programs include a highly advanced, 5½-month-long rescue swimmer school. That program, officially named Aviation ...
The owner of a marine training school is accused of passing students who should have failed the course. Authorities said Mel Stackpoole passed students without providing enough instruction hours, ...
A four-person rescue team from the U.S. Coast Guard were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for their actions helping to rescue almost 200 flood victims in Texas this past week.