The wait for fresh, local Dungeness crab is almost over. The commercial season begins Jan. 5 south of the Sonoma-Mendocino County line, and Jan. 15 north of it.

Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats and commercial fishers in California's coastal villages to adapt.

It was a calm January morning, the waters off Bodega Bay unusually smooth, but crab fisherman Dick Ogg couldn't shake a grim feeling that the day wouldn't go his way. The Dungeness crab season had ...

“It’s been horrible,” said Bodega Bay commercial fisherman Dick Ogg on a recent morning as he prepared to offload and sell one of his last Dungeness crab hauls of the season at Spud Point ...

Bodega Bay isn’t what it used to be. How an ailing industry has transformed the fishing village Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats ...