Coast Guard officers are ready and able to forcibly stop smuggler boats, halting hundreds of undocumented immigrants on their ...

Chief Peter Nelson, officer in charge for Coast Guard Station San Diego, described escalating confrontations with smugglers.

U.S. Coast Guard and Navy crews rescued 18 people from a disabled boat adrift and sinking in international waters about 50 ...

A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) crew on Friday interdicted 21 illegal immigrants aboard a 25-foot boat about 20 miles west of the Point Loma coast in San Diego, California. The 21 illegal immigrants ...

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles-based Coast Guard cutter has returned home following a law enforcement patrol off the coast of southern California. The 65-day patrol, which ended Feb. 14, is part of ...

SHELTER COVE, Calif. – A dramatic cliffside rescue unfolded on the rugged Lost Coast in Northern California as the U.S. Coast Guard saved two stranded hikers, one of whom had suffered serious ...