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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES

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Authorities searched Monday for a boater who went missing near Santa Catalina Island.

Lawrence Nash called an emergency tow service about 3:30 a.m. Monday from a mobile phone and said he was aboard a 12-foot skiff that was disabled and adrift half a mile north of the island, said Lt. j.g. Stephanie Young, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard in San Pedro.

Search crews have since found an oil can, a water cooler and seat cushions in the area, but they continue to look for Nash. They have not been contacted by Nash’s family or friends.

“If people know who Mr. Nash is, we ask that they call,” Young said.

The Coast Guard command center can be reached at (310) 521-3801, and rescuers can be contacted at VHF radio channel 16.

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-- Corina Knoll

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