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3 rescued, 1 missing after boat capsized off California coast

The Coast Guard located two men and a woman in the water and hoisted them aboard a helicopter.
Credit: Tracy Humphrey
The Pacific Ocean will rise higher and faster, exposing California to beach erosion, flooding, storm damage and billions in damage along the coast.

BODEGA BAY, Calif. — Coast Guard crews have rescued three people and are searching for a man who went missing after a fishing boat capsized off Northern California.

The Coast Guard said it received a distress call from the 54-foot vessel named Miss Hailee around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

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When a helicopter crew reached an area about 30 miles north of Bodega Bay, they located two men and a woman in the water and hoisted them aboard the aircraft.

Crews were told a fourth man believed to be wearing a life jacket was missing. They stayed in the area searching for him and received assistance from good Samaritans aboard a tugboat named Cochise.

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