WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department rescued four boaters after their vessel ran aground near Brickyard Cove in Richmond on Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center watchstanders received notification from Richmond Fire Department personnel at 8:19 p.m. that a 25-foot pleasure craft had run aground on the break wall with four people aboard.
Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station San Francisco 29-foot Response Boat-Small and a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter.
The Station San Francisco boatcrew arrived on scene at approximate...