The Coast Guard has found that 85% of people who drown in fatal boating accidents are not wearing life jackets, said Adeline Yee, spokesperson for California State Parks.

The eight people who died during a birthday boat trip on Lake Tahoe last month were found without life preservers after a fierce storm upended their vessel and flung them into the chilly water, accord...

Weather was mostly calm when the party of 10 left the marina around noon, but within about two hours winds were strong enough to create whitecaps, according to the preliminary report by the National T...