http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-harbor-patrol-catalina-island-accident-20141231-story.html

Harbor Patrol officer died Tuesday night in a boating accident amid rough waves driven by strong storm winds.

The officer was aboard a boat that was about to run aground at Avalon Harbor, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida.

He tried to jump ashore, but he missed.

Two other officers on the boat tried to rescue him, but he became pinned between the boat and the harbor rocks and was fatally injured.

“The conditions were so horrible, they were unable to go in after him,” Nishida said.

Nishida said Avalon Harbor looked like it had been struck by a hurricane.

It "took a beating," Kades said. "Boats were knocked loose.”