BODEGA BAY (KCBS) -- Divers and scuba shops are looking forward to the opening of the abalone season Friday. "Abalone bars, floats, wet suits, fins, masks and snorkels – things like that, where they ...

A diver died over the weekend during an abalone excursion with friends off the coast of Mendocino County, authorities said. Steve Nguyen, a 58-year-old Oakland resident, was searching for abalone for ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - California wildlife officials voted Thursday to close sport abalone diving for the season amid concerns about a declining population. The season was set to begin in April. The ...

2002-05-23 04:00:00 PDT Salt Point, Sonoma County-- Veteran game warden Bob Aldrich, clad in camouflage, crept out onto a bluff near Timber Cove. Aldrich adjusted a tripod-mounted spotting scope. He ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildlife managers have reduced the season to dive for red abalone by two months and sharply cut the amount of the mollusks divers can catch this year because of ...

Three recreational abalone divers died in separate incidents over the weekend in Northern California, where powerful rip currents were reported.A low tide drew divers to the beaches from Carmel to ...