COAST GUARD

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday announced the offloading of 8,500 kilograms of cocaine, nearly 19,000 pounds, worth over $200 million, seized in a joint effort by the Kimball and Coast Guard Cutter Forward crews from February 2025 to April in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs were seized during six separate drug-smuggling vessel interdictions or…


The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday announced the offloading of 8,500 kilograms of cocaine, nearly 19,000 pounds, worth over $200 million, seized in a joint effort by the Kimball and Coast Guard Cutter Forward crews. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more. 

The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting “alien expulsion flight operations” to Texas and California as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to remove people in the country illegally, the Coast Guard’s San Diego office said Saturday.

The man’s family hasn’t lost hope after a kayaker disappeared while visiting Mission Beach on Friday. Meantime, the USCG says they’re suspending their search after two days. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes has the latest.

During a stopover in San Diego Thursday, the crew of a Northern California-based U.S. Coast Guard ship offloaded more than 18 tons of cocaine seized from seafaring traffickers in the Eastern Pacific over the last several months.

U.S. Coast Guard interdicts 12 members aboard a sailing vessel near Point Loma

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot panga-style boat carrying 16 migrants about 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay early Sunday morning.

 A 66-year-old woman was medically evacuated from a cruise ship about 280 miles south of the U.S. and Mexico maritime boundary, authorities said Saturday.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted 37 migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally aboard a 33-foot vessel on Saturday, approximately seven nautical miles off Point Loma, Coast Guard officials announced Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14.5 tons of cocaine in San Diego Tuesday, which the agency said was seized in recent months from seafaring drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Thousands of pounds of cocaine were headed for the U.S. by smugglers, NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez reports.

“The Coast Guard cannot accomplish our missions without the respect and trust of each member,” Rear Adm. Joseph Buzzella said in a statement accompanying the announcement.

The Coast Guard Cutter Munro seized approximately 33,768 pounds of cocaine from eight separate vessels in the months of February and March, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

The Cutter Munro seized approximately 33,768 pounds of cocaine from eight separate vessels in the months of February and March, officials said.

The cruise ship was sailing from Long Beach to Ensenada when the U.S. Coast Guard informed them of a stress call. 

Rescue personnel with the cruise ship Carnival Radiance rescued 25 people from a small boat off the Pacific coast of Mexico after responding to a call from the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.

The dog was trapped inside a shipping container for more than week.

U.S. Coast Guard officials are promising reforms after an internal review sparked by reports of sexual assault and harassment found that “too many” of its members don’t feel safe and trust in leadership is eroding. The wide-ranging 90-day review, released Wednesday, calls for an end to a “permissive environment” that extends to inappropriate jokes and comments, and a greater focus on...