WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
SAN DIEGO - The Coast Guard is responding to a report of 27 people in the water approximately 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico, Friday.
At approximately 1 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a radio distress call reporting a vessel taking on water.
Sector San Diego is coordinating search and rescue efforts and has deployed crews from Air Station Ventura, Air Station Sacramento, and Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC-618) to search the area. The USS Kingsville (LCS-36) and a U.S. Navy helicopter with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 are also providing search and rescue assistance. Assets located ve...