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Federal investigation fails to find definitive cause of Conception dive boat fire

By • Oct 20, 2020
NTSB/J. Dingham

Over a year after 34 people died in a fiery boat disaster in the Channel Islands, an official federal investigation is now complete. But the probe didn’t pinpoint definitively what started the fire aboard the Conception dive boat.

Initial federal report released on 'Conception' dive boat fire

By • Sep 12, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on its investigation into the September 2 disaster aboard the ‘Conception,’ the commercial dive boat that caught fire and sank while anchored in the Channel Islands. Of the 39 people aboard, 34 died in the blaze.

Issues & Ideas: Refections on the 'Conception,' surviving a mass shooting, and solutions journalism

By Tyler Pratt & & Randol White/CapRadio & Erika Mahoney/KAZU • Sep 9, 2019

We're back! After a month-long hiatus, KCBX's weekly news magazine returns. 

San Luis Obispo divers recall trips on the 'Conception'

By Tyler Pratt • Sep 5, 2019
Randy and Tina Scott

The tragedy of Monday morning’s fire on a Santa Barbara diving boat near the Channel Islands is being felt throughout the Central Coast scuba diving community. The cause is still unknown of the fire that engulfed the boat, the 'Conception,' and killed 34 people onboard. Two divers from San Luis Obispo had been on the boat many times before and had planned to go out on it again.