Oakland Firefighter Caedan Laffan, 25, waded into the ocean after 1 a.m. on Thursday and never emerged alive – his body was recovered in the water nearby hours later.

An off-duty Oakland firefighter of five years drowned at a beach in San Diego County early Thursday morning. Caeden Laffan was a 25-year-old member of the Oakland Fire Department who worked there ...

An Oakland firefighter whose chief called him a “rising star” in the department drowned in the ocean waters off San Diego, authorities said, the second tragedy to hit his family in 3½ years.

24/7 San Diego news stream: Watch NBC 7 free wherever you are The man wearing a firefighter jacket and hat was in a car with two other people Friday evening in an area of Malibu under a Palisades ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A 25-year-old Oakland firefighter drowned early Thursday morning in San Diego. His mother, Sabrina Laffan, identified him to KTVU as Caeden Laffan.

The Oakland Fire Department is mourning the death of one of its firefighter paramedics, who reportedly drowned Thursday morning at Pacific Beach in San Diego. Just before 2 a.m. Thursday, the San ...

Watch: Scene of Oakland firefighter drowning at San Diego beach 06:16. The Oakland Fire Department said Laffan was 25 years old and a five-year veteran of the department.