COUNTY SUPERVISORS WANT BOAT FATALITIES REVIEWED.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - In response to last week's boating fatalities at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² , the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to direct county parks officials to report back in a month with recommendations on how to improve safety regulations for boating and water sports water sports Urophilia, see there . The board also directed the Department of the Coroner to report back in a week on protocol needed to deal with the recovery of bodies when boats sink. ``The coroner is indicating that because of the depth of the boat they do not have the ability to retrieve the victims, and we're asking for a protocol that would ensure we have timely responses to future tragedies,'' Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said. ``We also want to ensure we are enforcing safety rules and regulations on our waterways. If there are violators of those rules and regulations, they have to be cited and held accountable.'' On Friday, a twin-engine experimental catamaran catamaran (kăt'əmərăn`), watercraft made up of two connected hulls or a single hull with two parallel keels. Originally used by the natives of Polynesia, the catamaran design was adopted by Western boat builders in the 19th cent. traveling about 80 mph flipped in choppy chop·py 1 adj. chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas. [From chop1. waters on Castaic Lake. The body of Ken Lake, 41, of La Canada Flintridge, was pulled from lake shortly after the boat sank. Divers and a remote-operated vehicle have been searching for the bodies of Steve Coulombe, Nelson Roy Brinkman and Chuck Wiseman and for the boat, which is believed to be in 246 feet of water, far too deep for divers on the county staff. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lifeguards at Castaic Lake like Jeff Workman have been keeping boaters away from Friday's crash area, which divers continue to search for bodies. |
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