GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: A naval vessel is sonar mapping the sea floor off the California coast, where Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed last Monday. Today has been a day of memorials. Members of a local surf club met off in the waters off Port Hueneme to pay tribute to the victims of the crash. At this hour, relatives and friends of the 88 victims have gathered for a memorial service at Pepperdine University in Malibu. CNN's Charles Feldman is there -- Charles.</s>CHARLES FELDMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Gene, about 800 family members and friends of those connected with the Alaska Airlines crash earlier this week are expected to attend this memorial service here at Pepperdine University. There's going to be a number of dignitaries here as well, including the governor of California, Gray Davis, the transportation secretary and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration. At the end of this ceremony, everybody here is going to be given flowers. Those flowers are going to be collected by the U.S. Coast Guard and flown out to sea about 20 miles off of the coast of Malibu here. And later this afternoon, those flowers are going to be dropped at the site where Alaska Airlines Flight 261 went down with all 88 on board. Charles Feldman, CNN, reporting live from Malibu, California.
Alaska Air Memorial Service Under Way in California