{"id":402572,"date":"2026-07-17T19:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/402572\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:37:11","slug":"san-francisco-bay-boat-capsize-kills-2-2-missing-near-alcatraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/402572\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Bay boat capsize kills 2, 2 missing near Alcatraz"},"content":{"rendered":"

What began as a family outing on San Francisco Bay has become a tragedy that has stretched across the Sacramento region.<\/p>\n

A Stockton-registered pleasure boat carrying 20 close family members and friends from the Sacramento and Stockton areas capsized near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday, killing a retired Sutter County reserve deputy and a Folsom woman while leaving two others missing as of Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Authorities said 16 people were rescued from the frigid bay by first responders and nearby civilian boaters after the 49-foot Volare rolled over when it \u201ctook a wave.\u201d The family had gathered for a day on the water that included spreading the ashes of a relative, according to the boat\u2019s owner and operator, John Boisa. Search-and-recovery efforts continued Thursday after the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for survivors Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know as of Friday:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Volare, a pleasure craft registered out of Stockton, rolled over after \u201ctaking a wave\u201d around 3:37 p.m. Tuesday<\/a>, sending all 20 occupants into the water; two fishermen and a kite boarder near the scene helped pull victims from the bay.<\/p>\n

\u2022 According to the Bay Area News Group, the passengers were close family members and friends<\/a> gathered for a day on the water that included spreading the ashes of a relative.<\/p>\n

\"A A San Francisco Fire Department boat searches the waters west of Alcatraz on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after the vessel Volare sinks. Authorities said investigators believed there was a strong possibility that some passengers were trapped inside a cabin when the boat went under. Heather Diehl Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u2022 Retired Sutter County reserve deputy Clifford Boisa, 79, was identified as the first person killed<\/a> in the sinking; he had served the sheriff\u2019s office from 1987 to 2001.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The San Francisco medical examiner identified Tondra Lynn Madruga, 58, a Folsom resident, as the second victim<\/a> after marine officers located her body via sonar west of Treasure Island around 1 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Tondra Tondra Madruga is shown in this 2017 file photo. Madruga, also known as Tondra Miller, was identified Thursday after San Francisco police recovered her body following the sinking of the vessel Volare west of Alcatraz, where it had gone down two days earlier. Facebook <\/p>\n

\u2022 Two people \u2014 Carol Boisa and Jackie Boisa \u2014 remained missing, according to authorities. Bay Area News Group reported that John Boisa identified the two women as his sister and sister-in-law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The U.S. Coast Guard suspended search and rescue operations by sunset Wednesday<\/a> after scouring 950 square nautical miles for 23 hours straight, Commander Jarod Toczko said.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The San Francisco Police Department resumed search-and-recovery efforts Thursday<\/a>, and the Madruga family thanked first responders and civilian boaters who assisted in the search.<\/p>\n

\"A A San Francisco Fire Department boat searches the waters west of Alcatraz on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after the vessel Volare sinks. Authorities said investigators believed there was a strong possibility that some passengers were trapped inside a cabin when the boat went under. Heather Diehl Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u2022 The three-level vessel sank approximately 130 feet deep<\/a>, making it \u201cextremely difficult\u201d for divers to reach and likely requiring an underwater drone to assess whether recovery is feasible.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bay Area News Group reported maritime experts described a capsize involving this type of vessel in normal summer conditions on San Francisco Bay as exceptionally rare<\/a>. Investigators are expected to examine the boat\u2019s condition, passenger load, weather and water conditions, and how it was being operated.<\/p>\n

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What began as a family outing on San Francisco Bay has become a tragedy that has stretched across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-402572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}