Man drowns trying to rescue dog from Northern California lake

A 60-year-old man drowned while trying to rescue a dog that had jumped into Shasta Lake, authorities said. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office reported that Geordan White, a Redding resident, was on a boat near the Bailey Cove Boat Launch on Friday morning when the dog entered the water. White jumped in to try to save it, but shortly afterward he called for help, reporting an “unknown emergency.” He was briefly able to hold a flotation device thrown from the boat, then slipped underwater and did not resurface. A dive team recovered him Friday afternoon. The dog was rescued safely, and Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service assisted.