A Sacramento man died Sunday morning while diving off the Timber Cove area along the Sonoma County coast for abalone, a authorities said. The 58-year-old man and a friend had been diving from a boat.

Three recreational abalone divers died in separate incidents over the weekend in Northern California, where powerful rip currents were reported.A low tide drew divers to the beaches from Carmel to ...

A Marin County man diving for abalone off the Point Arena coast in Mendocino County died Tuesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. Otto Arndt, 63, apparently had a medical condition and collapsed, ...

MENDOCINO, Calif. -- -- MENDOCINO, Calif. -- Shaun Stratton pulled on his wetsuit, grabbed his inner tube and headed to the beach to take part in one of California's riskiest pastimes: hunting for ...