SALIKA Family
SALIKA Family members were killed aboard the September 2, 2019 fire aboard the dive boat, Conception, at Santa Cruz Island: parents Steve Salika and his wife, Diana Adamic, and their daughter, Tia Salika. Tia was celebrating her 17th birthday on the trip. In addition, fellow high school student Berenice Felipe was killed, as was fellow Apple employee, Dan Garcia. Steve and Diane met at Apple, where Steve was senior manager.
In the News~
September 4, 2019 [Marin Independent Journal]: “Pacific Collegiate School students Tia Salika and Berenice Felipe, and parents Steve Salika and Diana Adamic. Steve Salika, his wife Diana Adamic and their daughter Tia Salika, who attended Pacific Collegiate School and was celebrating her 17th birthday, were among the missing, according to Adamic’s brother, James Adamic. Maria C. Reitano, head of school at Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, confirmed in an email that two students and the parents of one of those students from that school were also on the boat. NBC News named 16-year-old Berenice Felipe as the second Pacific Collegiate School student on the boat. ”
September 4, 2019 [SF Gate]: "A family of three, a friend and a coworker at Apple are among the 34 people presumed dead after a dive boat went up in flames early Monday near an island off the Southern California coast. Steve Salika, a senior manager at Apple, was on the Conception with his wife, Diana Adamic, and their daughter Tia. Salika met his wife at Apple, according to a statement from the company. Tia was reportedly celebrating her 17th birthday on the trip, and the family brought along Tia's classmate, Berenice Felipe. Both were students at Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, according to NBC news.Steve was a 30-year Apple veteran whose energy and enthusiasm touched so many people across our company throughout his career," said Deirdre O'Brien, a senior vice president of retail and people at Apple. Apple also confirmed employee Dan Garcia was on the Conception. O'Brien said he was "as passionate about his job at Apple as he was about his love of diving."
