The federal designation recognizes Petaluma for its ongoing support to the Coast Guard, its personnel and its families.

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Another dead whale washed up on the shores of the East Bay on Monday morning. The California Academy ... has put boaters on alert. The Coast Guard has, in previous weeks ...

The commander of Coast Guard Sector San ... and ocean waters from California to South America and operations in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The district is based in Alameda, Calif., ...

where it was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard, to a location off Alameda, said Giancarlo Rulli, the associate director of public relations for the Marine Mammal Center. The California Academy of ...