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The 18,000+ acre wildfire is now 97% contained.

Coast Guard officials say the fire was started by a boater who fired a flare gun after his boat crashed onto Santa Rosa Island.

Five of those in custody had been previously deported.

The expedition is the third in a series by the ocean conservation group Oceana, which has collected thousands of DNA samples.

The cause of the deadly September 2, 2019, fire on the Conception was never definitively determined.

About 1,400 pounds of debris were removed during Thursday's cleanup effort, which focused on Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands.

UC Santa Barbara team removes and empties unmonitored "ghost traps." Without a way out, the traps can be a death sentence for sea life.

The man on board was rescued. He's reported to be unhurt.

Oceana study illustrates the amazing biodiversity found in the islands.

A failure in the tail assembly led to Alaska Airlines Flight 261 plunging into the ocean. Some family and friends are in Ventura County for remembrance events.