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After a series of drownings along Bay Area beaches last winter, the San Mateo County Harbor District is taking steps to raise ocean awareness and education for beachgoers.
The Harbor Commission last week voted unanimously to cover the construction and permitting costs for two life-saving stations and ring buoys in Pillar Point Harbor, one near Surferâs Beach and one at the breakwater near Mavericks.
General Manager Jim Pruett said once the two stations are installed this summer the district will work with the San Mateo County Sheriffâs Office to install two more at Pillar Point before expanding the rings around the San Mateo County coast.
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SAN FRANCISCO The parents of a 12-year-old boy who was swept into the Pacific Ocean in January said they didn’t know the hidden danger of sneaker waves that sometimes strike Northern California beaches.
Arunay Pruthi was dragged underneath a huge wave on Jan. 18 during a family outing to Cowell Ranch State Beach, a secluded cove about 30 miles south of San Francisco. The wave hit him as his parents struggled to save his 8-year-old brother from another powerful wave that crashed over the younger boy.
Despite an exhaustive search along the coastline by authorities and a privately organized one by his family, Arunay s body has not been found.
Parents of boy swept off San Mateo County beach didn t know about sneaker waves
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Parents heartbroken boy swept out to sea
Family members said they are heartbroken that 12-year-old Arunay Pruthi of Fremont was swept out to sea at Cowell Ranch State Beach near Half Moon Bay. Candese Charles reports
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The parents of a 12-year-old boy who was swept off a San Mateo County beach and into the Pacific Ocean in January said they didn’t know the hidden danger of sneaker waves that sometimes strike the Northern California coast.
Arunay Pruthi was dragged underneath a huge wave on Jan. 18 during a family outing to Cowell Ranch State Beach, a secluded cove about 30 miles south of San Francisco. The wave hit him as his parents struggled to save his 8-year-old brother from another powerful wave that crashed over the younger boy.