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Our goal is always to bring home families, loved ones, and we understand that families want answers. And that is never lost on us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said there’s a “high possibility” that the remaining passengers could be trapped inside the 49-foot multi-story boat, which took on a wave and quickly lost stability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve done survivor debriefs, and we do know that individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck,” he said. “However, that is gonna come out in the investigation stage of this. 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"content": "\u003cp>Officials suspended their active search for three missing passengers who were aboard a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091126/total-chaos-bay-area-sailors-recall-rescue-of-boat-passengers-near-alcatraz\">boat that \u003c/a>capsized in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-bay\">San Francisco Bay\u003c/a> Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One person is dead, and three remained missing Thursday after a boat carrying 20 passengers sank near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have completely saturated the search area,” said Captain Jarod Toczko, sector commander for the U.S. Coast Guard, during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “Despite that extensive effort, we have been unsuccessful in locating any survivors within the search area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-07-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter is pictured over the waters near Alcatraz on July 15, 2026. 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San Francisco Recreation and Parks confirmed that the boat was captained by John Boisa, 62, who is the deceased’s younger brother. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to their brother, Ralph, Clifford’s wife, Jackie, and their sister, Carol, are among the three people who remain missing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen said officers with the San Francisco Police Department’s Marine Unit were the first on the scene and saw a man in the water in “severe distress” near the capsized pontoon boat.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They initiated CPR, but after transporting him to Gas House Cove in the Marina District, he was pronounced dead.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Three passengers, including the boat’s captain, were injured and transported to local hospitals and have since been released. SFFD confirmed one dog also died in the sinking. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Crispen said the passengers were mostly made up of family members. They were participating in a memorial service when they were hit by a wave, took on water, and the boat capsized.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family shares details \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph Boisa, 77, whose daughter Yvonne Thatcher was on the boat with her husband and three kids, said some family members were inside the boat’s cabin when it took on the wave and quickly lost stability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thatcher told her father that she was with Clifford, his wife, Jackie, and a third woman in the enclosed space. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She managed to get to the door and get out, just before the boat fully went under,” Ralph said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday that there is a “high possibility” that the missing passengers were trapped in the vessel when it sank. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve done survivor debriefs, and we do know that individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck,” he said. “However, that is gonna come out in the investigation stage of this. We’re still focused on the search and rescue, trying our best to see if we can locate the three missing individuals.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s the status of the rescue?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard led the initial search and rescue effort, covering 950 square nautical miles and 1,700 miles of the boat’s route over 29 hours.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At sunset Wednesday, officials suspended the active search, turning the case over to the San Francisco Police Department to steer boat recovery. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091253\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Commander Brien Hoo speaks during a press conference at Gashouse Cove Marina in San Francisco on July 15, 2026, about the fatal capsizing of a boat near Alcatraz on July 14. 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The area they believe the boat is located is around 130 feet deep, which can be difficult for diving, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family members react\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph, who was not on the boat with his siblings Tuesday, said many members of his extended family had taken the boat out on the bay for a memorial of his adopted daughter, Maria. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She lived in San Francisco before she died by suicide in 2016, he said, and spent much of her time surfing in the Pacific Ocean. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091228\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in a search and rescue operation for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a vessel carrying 20 passengers sank near Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph’s other daughter and her family, along with Clifford’s daughter and her family, were also aboard the Volare, according to Ralph. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He described his sister Carol, who is still missing, as jovial and said all of his siblings were \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>a jokester one way or another.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Clifford, who worked as a volunteer sheriff in Sutter County for more than a decade, was about to celebrate his 80th birthday in September.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civilians assisted with rescue operations\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fishing boat captain Aaron Anfinson, of the Bass Tub, said he noticed that some of the people weren’t wearing life jackets, and there was no life raft in sight, crucial safety gear that Coast Guard certified vessels like his are required to carry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ I pulled the boat up to them and my crew member threw them lifejackets. After yelling several times, they finally put them on, I think they were probably in shock.” Anfinson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091212\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aaron Anfinson, captain of the Bass Tub, stands on the fishing boat docked in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 16, 2026. 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Meanwhile a halibut fisherman was busy “grabbing the rest of them and putting them on his boat,” Anfinson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a diving expert says about rescue efforts on the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The crews out the bay face difficult conditions, according to David McMurdie, co-founder of California Recovery Divers, a volunteer team that leads underwater search and recoveries in Northern and Central California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of surface chop, and there’s a fair amount of wind,” McMurdie told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The rescue operation involves using an underwater exploration device called a sonar towfish. 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He said the boat, named Volare, was based out of Stockton. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Toczko said that officials believe the vessel took on a wave and leaned heavily to its starboard side before it quickly rolled over.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People were jumping into the water when rescuers arrived, and the boat was already mostly underwater, Elias said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091156\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter team looks for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a boat capsized in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The reports we’ve had from witnesses is that there were rough seas, and apparently the vessel began to take on water and was turned over in the bay,” Crispen said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Crispen initially said the vessel left from the St. Francis Yacht Club, but a spokesperson for San Francisco Recreation and Parks confirmed that the boat departed from the nearby San Francisco Marina Yacht Harbor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Officials initially believed the boat had 19 passengers, but after talking to witnesses, they determined there were 20 people on board. Sixteen have been recovered.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, the St. Francis Yacht Club said, “Our hearts go out to the friends and family of those on board the boat that sank off the waters of Alcatraz Island. While the boat did not embark from St. Francis Yacht Club, nor were there members on board, we share this day and therefore understand the weight of this tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boating risks\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There were 47 fatalities due to \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/ADA%20Overview%20of%20the%20Boating%20Accident%20Program.pdf\">recreational boating\u003c/a> incidents in California in 2024, according to the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways. Compared to open coastal waters, fatalities from recreational boating accidents are relatively rare in the San Francisco Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Zero deaths were reported in the San Francisco Bay from boating \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2019%20Recreational%20Boating%20Accident%20Statistics%20-%20Final.pdf\">accidents in 2019\u003c/a>, dipping from \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2016DBW_AccidentStats_NorCal_050517.pdf\">3 deaths in 2015\u003c/a>, according to DBW. For pontoon boats specifically, the most common types of accidents in 2019 were related to operator inexperience or inattention. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispin speaks during a press conference at Gashouse Cove Marina in San Francisco on July 15, 2026, about the fatal capsizing of a boat near Alcatraz on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That mirrors trends nationwide where boating-related deaths occur predominantly on vessels operated by people lacking safety instruction, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4231745/coast-guard-reports-fewest-boating-fatalities-in-more-than-50-years/\">U.S. Coast Guard\u003c/a>. Alcohol is also considered a leading contributing factor in boating accidents and fatalities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The boat in Tuesday’s accident was registered by the U.S. Coast Guard and was theoretically capable of carrying 20 passengers, Toczko said, “but there are a lot of things that go into account when you consider the stability of a vessel.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a developing story and will be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nnavarro\">\u003cem>Natalia Navarro\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen said officers with the San Francisco Police Department’s Marine Unit were the first on the scene and saw a man in the water in “severe distress” near the capsized pontoon boat.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They initiated CPR, but after transporting him to Gas House Cove in the Marina District, he was pronounced dead.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Three passengers, including the boat’s captain, were injured and transported to local hospitals and have since been released. SFFD confirmed one dog also died in the sinking. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Crispen said the passengers were mostly made up of family members. They were participating in a memorial service when they were hit by a wave, took on water, and the boat capsized.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family shares details \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph Boisa, 77, whose daughter Yvonne Thatcher was on the boat with her husband and three kids, said some family members were inside the boat’s cabin when it took on the wave and quickly lost stability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thatcher told her father that she was with Clifford, his wife, Jackie, and a third woman in the enclosed space. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She managed to get to the door and get out, just before the boat fully went under,” Ralph said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday that there is a “high possibility” that the missing passengers were trapped in the vessel when it sank. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve done survivor debriefs, and we do know that individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck,” he said. “However, that is gonna come out in the investigation stage of this. We’re still focused on the search and rescue, trying our best to see if we can locate the three missing individuals.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s the status of the rescue?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard led the initial search and rescue effort, covering 950 square nautical miles and 1,700 miles of the boat’s route over 29 hours.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At sunset Wednesday, officials suspended the active search, turning the case over to the San Francisco Police Department to steer boat recovery. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091253\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-ALCATRAZSEARCHUPDATE-32-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Commander Brien Hoo speaks during a press conference at Gashouse Cove Marina in San Francisco on July 15, 2026, about the fatal capsizing of a boat near Alcatraz on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Suspending an active search is one of the most difficult things we do as Coast Guard commanders,” Coast Guard Captain Jared Toczko said Wednesday. “I don’t take that responsibility lightly at all. Our goal is always to bring home families, loved ones, and we understand that families want answers. And that is never lost on us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFPD Commander Brian Hoo said that the department will work with private companies specializing in diving recovery for that effort, but the department will not know if pulling the boat out is feasible until it is located. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard has the exact location of where the boat was last seen, but they are still searching for where the boat ultimately sank. The area they believe the boat is located is around 130 feet deep, which can be difficult for diving, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family members react\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph, who was not on the boat with his siblings Tuesday, said many members of his extended family had taken the boat out on the bay for a memorial of his adopted daughter, Maria. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She lived in San Francisco before she died by suicide in 2016, he said, and spent much of her time surfing in the Pacific Ocean. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091228\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in a search and rescue operation for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a vessel carrying 20 passengers sank near Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ralph’s other daughter and her family, along with Clifford’s daughter and her family, were also aboard the Volare, according to Ralph. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He described his sister Carol, who is still missing, as jovial and said all of his siblings were \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>a jokester one way or another.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Clifford, who worked as a volunteer sheriff in Sutter County for more than a decade, was about to celebrate his 80th birthday in September.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civilians assisted with rescue operations\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fishing boat captain Aaron Anfinson, of the Bass Tub, said he noticed that some of the people weren’t wearing life jackets, and there was no life raft in sight, crucial safety gear that Coast Guard certified vessels like his are required to carry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ I pulled the boat up to them and my crew member threw them lifejackets. After yelling several times, they finally put them on, I think they were probably in shock.” Anfinson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091212\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aaron Anfinson, captain of the Bass Tub, stands on the fishing boat docked in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 16, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Anfinson noticed a woman he estimated to be in her 40s hanging onto a kiteboard who was bleeding from the head.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My crewmember threw a throw ring at her, told her to hold on and we pulled her onto the boat,” Anfinson said. Meanwhile a halibut fisherman was busy “grabbing the rest of them and putting them on his boat,” Anfinson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a diving expert says about rescue efforts on the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The crews out the bay face difficult conditions, according to David McMurdie, co-founder of California Recovery Divers, a volunteer team that leads underwater search and recoveries in Northern and Central California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of surface chop, and there’s a fair amount of wind,” McMurdie told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The rescue operation involves using an underwater exploration device called a sonar towfish. 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While the boat did not embark from St. Francis Yacht Club, nor were there members on board, we share this day and therefore understand the weight of this tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boating risks\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There were 47 fatalities due to \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/ADA%20Overview%20of%20the%20Boating%20Accident%20Program.pdf\">recreational boating\u003c/a> incidents in California in 2024, according to the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew offered new information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089373/san-francisco-supervisors-demand-answers-after-pride-weekend-police-raid\">arrests, use of force and surveillance\u003c/a> during San Francisco’s Pride Weekend on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen transgender residents and their allies packed San Francisco’s Police Commission meeting on Wednesday night to demand accountability for what they described as a violent, militarized police response to two events in late June. That included the June 26 Trans March, which ended in arrests near Turk and Taylor streets, blocks from the site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria uprising; and an unpermitted block party the next night in the South of Market neighborhood, known as the Stud Alley party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video of both \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaEvoG-RX3M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">spread widely online\u003c/a>, leading District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder to file a \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65023928e628bd272e752a09/t/6a431dd60898a511080e40e1/1782783446423/LOI+into+SFPD+re_+pride.pdf\">letter of inquiry\u003c/a> demanding the department, Mayor Daniel Lurie and other officials explain what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One after another, speakers told the commission they had come to celebrate — and instead watched officers wade into crowds with batons and rifles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no reasonable world where armed police officers should be allowed to instigate violence by charging into an unarmed crowd of thousands,” one speaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A trans resident named Leah said people were shoved and handled aggressively, some left with bruises, and that one person reported a concussion. Another speaker, who said she had fled political persecution in Russia, told the commission the officers reminded her of what she had left behind: “people who have been sanctioned by the state to protect us, [who] attack us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090418\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/A64A3904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/A64A3904.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/A64A3904-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/A64A3904-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds participated in a march for Trans Rights in San Francisco, California, on June 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Kane C Andrade)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several framed the response as a betrayal of the city’s reputation as a refuge. “If trans people cannot feel safe in this city in San Francisco, what message does that send to the rest of the country?” Leah said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Derrick Lew, appearing before the commission during his regular report, pushed back on what he called misperceptions about the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The San Francisco Police Department supports the LGBTQ community full stop,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trans March arrests, he added, “were not targeted at the transgender community” but at “a few people amongst thousands of peaceful participants who chose to break the law” — conduct he said would have drawn arrests “at any event.”[aside postID=news_12089373 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250128-SFImmigration-25-BL_qed.jpg']Lew said the proximity to Compton’s Cafeteria was not chosen “to demean, offend or disrespect,” but was simply where suspects were encountered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the chief’s account, around 7 p.m., officers saw several people using paint-filled, Super Soaker-style water guns to spray buildings, vehicles and security cameras along the route. A police drone tracked two suspects to Turk and Taylor, Lew said, and captured footage of them stuffing the water guns into a paper bag and stripping off outer clothing and face coverings to “blend back into” the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers moved in, he said, a crowd of roughly 300 surrounded them, linked arms, chanted “let them go” and threw glass bottles; one person climbed onto a patrol car and another pried open its door to try to free the detained suspects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began as “targeted enforcement,” Lew said, “evolved into a crowd management situation” after officers met interference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He reported six arrests at the march, on charges that included felony vandalism with a hate-crime enhancement, conspiracy, resisting arrest and battery on an officer, and more than 20 acts of vandalism, mostly to security and license-plate-reader Flock cameras. In an earlier statement to KQED, SFPD reported five Trans March arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Stud Alley Pride Weekend party the following night, Lew said, a crowd that grew past 100 blocked Kissling Street with boulders and later built barricades on Washburn Street out of wood, traffic cones and plumbing pipe, spray-painting anti-police graffiti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/DSC8280-scaled-e1783705450346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Department officers form a line on Turk Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood during the Trans March on June 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Deja Whitney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officers declared an unlawful assembly and made 20 arrests, mostly for unlawful assembly and resisting or delaying an officer, he said; two officers suffered minor injuries, and a group slashed the tires of two Waymo vehicles. In the past, the party, a six-year SoMa tradition, had been monitored rather than shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sharpest exchange of the night came over use of force. In response to questions from Commission Vice President Kevin Benedicto, Lew confirmed there were eight uses of force at the Trans March and one at the block party — but said he did not have details on what those incidents entailed — drawing repeated criticism from the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve clearly and carefully, meticulously tracked instances of vandalism at the Trans March,” one speaker said, “but it’s extremely troubling that you can’t seem to cite even one use of force.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the count did not match what they witnessed. One commenter described seeing an officer knock a woman to the ground beside her; another said she encountered an older woman, jeans torn and bleeding, who had been pushed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090480\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/DSC8302-scaled-e1783705687955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police and protesters look at one another during the Trans March on June 26, 2026, near the intersection of Turk and Taylor streets in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Deja Whitney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several returned to the same question: why officers moved into a dense crowd to arrest suspects already identified by drone, rather than making arrests later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who put property over human life and health?” asked one Mission District resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others questioned the use of drones, and Flock automated license-plate cameras at LGBTQ events, citing reports that such data has been shared with agencies in other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen Fleshman, a District 5 resident, told the commission that cameras funded by a single tech billionaire — in reference to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-invasive-billionaire-bought-surveillance-hq\">Ripple founder Chris Larsen\u003c/a>, whose $9.4 million gift funded a new crime investigations center — had spread across the city, and that “the people of San Francisco don’t want a surveillance state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Police Accountability said it is auditing SFPD’s use of surveillance and license-plate readers, an inquiry it opened in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12090478 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/DSC8343-scaled-e1783706096233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators and police officers clash during the Trans March on June 26, 2026, near the intersection of Turk and Taylor streets in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Deja Whitney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not everyone objected to police at community celebrations. San Francisco police have long had a heavy presence during Pride, including marching in the main parade — something that has drawn objection from many in the LGBTQ community in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917710/sfpd-officers-to-march-in-pride-amid-complicated-feelings-uniform-compromise\">recent years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired police officer said officers had helped make a recent Juneteenth celebration a success, and Commissioner Mattie Scott pushed for a prevention-focused approach, with community “ambassadors” and strategic planning ahead of large events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioners Benedicto and Cindy Elias asked that Fielder’s letter and the department’s response be posted publicly and agendized for a future meeting, and pressed Lew on holding a town hall of the kind SFPD convenes after officer-involved shootings. Lew said he was in talks with supervisors about some form of public discussion and that the department’s response to Fielder is due July 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many who spoke, that was not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shame on all of you,” said activist Michael Petrelis, faulting the commission for not formally placing the Trans March on its agenda. “When cops show up, trouble starts. That is the lesson I take away from what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lew said the proximity to Compton’s Cafeteria was not chosen “to demean, offend or disrespect,” but was simply where suspects were encountered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the chief’s account, around 7 p.m., officers saw several people using paint-filled, Super Soaker-style water guns to spray buildings, vehicles and security cameras along the route. A police drone tracked two suspects to Turk and Taylor, Lew said, and captured footage of them stuffing the water guns into a paper bag and stripping off outer clothing and face coverings to “blend back into” the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers moved in, he said, a crowd of roughly 300 surrounded them, linked arms, chanted “let them go” and threw glass bottles; one person climbed onto a patrol car and another pried open its door to try to free the detained suspects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began as “targeted enforcement,” Lew said, “evolved into a crowd management situation” after officers met interference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He reported six arrests at the march, on charges that included felony vandalism with a hate-crime enhancement, conspiracy, resisting arrest and battery on an officer, and more than 20 acts of vandalism, mostly to security and license-plate-reader Flock cameras. In an earlier statement to KQED, SFPD reported five Trans March arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Stud Alley Pride Weekend party the following night, Lew said, a crowd that grew past 100 blocked Kissling Street with boulders and later built barricades on Washburn Street out of wood, traffic cones and plumbing pipe, spray-painting anti-police graffiti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/DSC8280-scaled-e1783705450346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Department officers form a line on Turk Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood during the Trans March on June 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Deja Whitney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officers declared an unlawful assembly and made 20 arrests, mostly for unlawful assembly and resisting or delaying an officer, he said; two officers suffered minor injuries, and a group slashed the tires of two Waymo vehicles. In the past, the party, a six-year SoMa tradition, had been monitored rather than shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sharpest exchange of the night came over use of force. In response to questions from Commission Vice President Kevin Benedicto, Lew confirmed there were eight uses of force at the Trans March and one at the block party — but said he did not have details on what those incidents entailed — drawing repeated criticism from the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve clearly and carefully, meticulously tracked instances of vandalism at the Trans March,” one speaker said, “but it’s extremely troubling that you can’t seem to cite even one use of force.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the count did not match what they witnessed. 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San Francisco police have long had a heavy presence during Pride, including marching in the main parade — something that has drawn objection from many in the LGBTQ community in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917710/sfpd-officers-to-march-in-pride-amid-complicated-feelings-uniform-compromise\">recent years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired police officer said officers had helped make a recent Juneteenth celebration a success, and Commissioner Mattie Scott pushed for a prevention-focused approach, with community “ambassadors” and strategic planning ahead of large events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioners Benedicto and Cindy Elias asked that Fielder’s letter and the department’s response be posted publicly and agendized for a future meeting, and pressed Lew on holding a town hall of the kind SFPD convenes after officer-involved shootings. 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