Overview
- Crews responded around 7 a.m. to a sailboat taking on water near Alameda’s Encinal Boat Ramp as high winds and tides battered the area.
- Officials said the anchor line broke and the boat drifted into a rock wall and dock before becoming partially submerged and being secured to the ramp.
- Alameda police and fire led the rescue, with the U.S. Coast Guard and Oakland Fire Department notified and participating.
- Reports differed on injuries, with one account noting hospital transport for non-life-threatening injuries and another noting none reported.
- The storm brought an atmospheric river with coastal flood and marine hazard alerts, and authorities urged people to postpone boating and use caution near shorelines.