East Bay Regional Parks officials say the incident happened just before 4 p.m. in a cove outside of the guarded area. They say the man entered the water to retrieve an oar that fell in from his family's boat.
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Park officials say the man immediately began to struggle after jumping into the lake and went underwater.
The man has not yet been identified.
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