A capsized vessel in the vicinity of California’s D.L. Bliss State Park at Lake Tahoe on Saturday afternoon, June 21, 2025. At approximately 3 p.m., a response crew from Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe diverted to assist California State Parks and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office after receiving a report of 10 people in the water after a 27-foot gold Chris-Craft vessel capsized due to a large swell. 30 knot winds and 6-8 foot swells were reported at the time of the accident. There were eight fatalities. (Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Smith U.S. Coast Guard via Bay City News)

Eight people who died after a boat capsized amid stormy weather on Lake Tahoe last weekend have been identified, including some who were Bay Area residents, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities responded around 3 p.m. Saturday to reports of a capsized boat near D.L. Bliss State Park. Six people were found dead that day while two survived and two others were missing. The bodies of the two missing people were later recovered, sheriff’s officials said.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.