Captain of California dive boat charged with 34 counts of manslaughter

The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire last year off the coast of California, leaving 34 people dead, was charged Tuesday with manslaughter, one count for each victim. The blaze — the worst maritime disaster in modern California history — broke out while all six crew members and 33 passengers were asleep. The cause of the fire is still unknown. A federal jury said that Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, captain of the Conception, “was…