Marina Del Rey

Overland Avenue Explosives Stash Prompts Evacuations, Westside Traffic Tie-Ups

Updated at the bottom with the suspect's ID and the end of evacuations. First posted at 1:45 p.m. A traffic stop in Marina del Rey led police to a stash of explosive devices at a suspect's apartment near Culver City today, prompting evacuations and a traffic mess on the Westside. Overland Avenue b ... More >>

More Events: Best New Chef Dinners, Italian Passover Dinner Sandwich Deal

Best New Chef Dinners For two evenings, Ricardo Zarate, Stephane Bombet, Food GPS and Food & Wine will be hosting a collaborative multi-course dinner to celebrate the magazine's Best New Chef honorees at Paiche in Marina del Rey restaurant. Each night will feature a tag-team effort with Tuesday show ... More >>

L.A.'s Lillian Thompson Turns 103; L.A. County Throws Her A Party

It's not everyday you turn 103. And so the county government of Los Angeles this week threw a birthday party for Lillian Thompson yesterday where she lives, at the Marina Manor Public Housing Development in Marina Del Rey. It did not get out of hand, we were told. Wait: There's public housing in M ... More >>

Christmas Day Buffet Cruise

DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet For The Weekend: Look Out Marina Del Rey, Boyle Heights

The holiday season is just getting started, and the LAPD is ready for your drunk self. It has been pointed out that the department seems to rarely conduct DUI checkpoints in whiter, Westside communities, so we'll give it credit for tonight's drunk dragnet: It's near Marina Del Rey. Alas, there's a ... More >>

Rebecca Weiss, Marina Del Rey Businesswoman, Disappears While Freediving at Luxury Resort

Rebecca Weiss, a 50-year-old businesswoman from Marina Del Rey, left to go freediving in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday morning, says her husband Alan -- and never came home. According to reports, the couple often goes diving off the Palos Verdes Peninsula at Terranea, a luxury oceanfront resort. ... More >>

3.8 Magnitude Earthquake 'Jolts' Marina Del Rey, Causes No Damage Whatsoever

Just call it the Little One. The Earth readjusted itself about five-and-a-half miles beneath Marina Del Rey at 3:18 a.m. this morning, reports City News Service. Although the Internet was alive with snarky quake comments through the wee hours from those who had been shaken awake (best celebrity ea ... More >>

Your 4th of July Dining Deal Round-Up: Cobbler, Korean BBQ Sliders Beer Pong

Beer Belly's Backyard Boogie: The Filipino grillmasters at the The Park's Finest are joining forces with Beer Belly to host their 2nd annual "Backyard Boogie," an afternoon stocked with plenty of BBQ and beer. From 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., you can enjoy smoky pulled pork, hot links, coconut beef, bibingka ... More >>

Marina del Rey's July Fourth Fireworks

Don't Drink and Boat This Weekend: L.A. Sheriff to Set Up BUI Checkpoints in the Marina

It's hard to imagine boating without drinking/partying. (Captain Morgan! Video honeys! A whole ocean for a barf bowl!) But if you're the one behind the steering wheel, the L.A. Sheriff's Department is prepared to treat you as they would any drunken fool on the 405: Beginning today and ending Sunday ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Reportedly Found Unconscious at Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Rey

ABC7 is reporting that Lindsay Lohan "was taken to hospital after being found unconscious at Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey." Paramedics reportedly arrived around 10:15 a.m. She's been filming "Liz & Dick" in the area, and was involved in a car crash along the PCH last week. Alcohol was later repor ... More >>

Mission Possible: Marina Del Rey Burglar Rappels Into 15th Floor High-Rise Residence

A man rappeled from the roof of an 18-story Marina Del Rey-adjacent condo complex with Mission Impossible-like skill over the weekend and broke into a woman's residence as she ran for help, police said. It happened at the Regatta Seaside at Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue Saturday morning, acc ... More >>

Killer Shrimp Is Opening Killer Cafe in April Newport Beach Coming Soon

Our sister blog Stick a Fork In It reported this morning that Killer Shrimp might be opening a second location in Newport Beach later this summer. We spoke this morning to Chris Reda, a manager at Marina del Rey, who tells us that a lease has not been signed yet, but they're very interested in a par ... More >>

Marijuana for the Taking (and the Toking) Found Floating in Ocean off Marina Del Rey

Yes, there is a god, said the surfer. Free marijuana floating in the ocean was just there for the taking. Unfortunately, Sheriff's deputies got to it before any of the guys at Venice Pier could. Damn it:

Marina del Rey New Year's Eve Fireworks

10 Best New Year's Eve Events in Los Angeles

Flickr/ Bayasaa​ New Year's is upon us soon, and with that, the angsty debate about what to do in order to make it the most epic night of both the last and the new year begins (no pressure attached, of course). In order to take some of the stress out of planning the big party, here are LA Wee ... More >>

From Marina del Rey to Skid Row

War Over Marina Del Rey Remake

A broke county government seeks dramatic growth of seaside district

Nude Man, an Escaped Mental Patient, Dives Into Marina Del Rey as Cops Chase Him

Don Kittle​An apparently raving, naked man jumped into the water in Marina del Rey over the weekend, staying there and evading authorities until giving up because it got too cold. It happened about 2:25 p.m. Saturday after LAPD officers were trying to detain the guy, said to have run away fro ... More >>

L.A. Superior Court Blocks Venice From Running Sewer Pipe Under County-Owned Marina Del Rey

pbase.comWhat we imagine the Venice Beach pipe might be looking like, right about now.​The hodge-podge of jurisdictions along the L.A. County coastline is pitting local governments (and their constituents) against each other once again -- this time, over a crappy old sewer pipeline running fro ... More >>

Food News Roundup: President Obama's Eat Our Peas Moment, Brain Freeze Sang Yoon's Foie Ice Cream Sandwiches

-- Father's Office starts serving desserts. Not just any desserts, mind you, but foie gras ice cream sandwiches. [Grub Street] -- What Causes Brain Freeze? Which is a condition also called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Who knew. [Food Republic, via food52] -- Marja Vongerichten's "Kimchi Chro ... More >>

America, You're Beautiful — Too Bad You Have to Work Tomorrow

Kabobbing at Tajrish in Marina Del Rey

TajrishThe grill.​ If you are stickler for restaurant menu clarity, Tajrish in Marina Del Rey will make you want to hurl your baklava across the room. For instance, there are chunks of filet mignon, marinated and char-broiled. There are also chunks of filet mignon, skewered, marinated, and c ... More >>

L.A. County Supervisors Claim Giant New Hotels, Shops, Apartments in Marina Del Rey Won't Increase Traffic (LOL)

We ARE Marina del Rey526 new apartments are proposed for the corner of Via Marina and Marquesas Way.​Marina del Rey is a breath of fresh air just south of Venice: The unincorporated community retains a touch of wildness with worn-in college huts and the occasional open patch of earth or shore. ... More >>

Freebirds World Burrito to Open in Marina del Rey

​Freebirds, known for its 7-pound Super Monster burrito, will open its second L.A.-area location on May 20th. Unlike the first one, which opened back in January near USC and drew heavily on the university's students for its customer base, the newest Freebirds is going into The Shoppes at Marin ... More >>

Drunk Driver Checkpoints Tonight in Hollywood, Marina Area

Alex Thompson​Hot weekend, yeah? And for those of you who aren't going to Coachella, the LAPD will bring the Death From Above to you via DUI checkpoints in Hollywood and Marina Del Rey-adjacent. Fun. Here's the 411 on places to avoid ... tonight:

Tsunami Awareness Happens a Day Late in Los Angeles County (Really)

Andrew Davis at Mav's. This is not a tsunami.​County leaders want you be aware -- and to prepare -- for a tsunami in L.A. They're getting behind "Tsunami Awareness and Preparedness Week." Which started ...

Crooked L.A. Judges Try to Slide Marina Del Rey Project By: Residents Await Courts To Stop Developers From "Sprucing"

L.A. County Judges don't like illegal bonuses pointed out​As reported yesterday through very rose colored glasses by the L.A. Times, Marina Del Rey is in a process of "renewal." "Leaseholder Jerry Epstein will raze his 202-unit Del Rey Shores apartment community on Via Marina and replace i ... More >>

Marina Del Rey Suspect Dane Reynaldo Accused of Making Threats, Tossing Molotov Cocktail Over Purported Drug Debt on the Westside

szekeMarina Del Rey, home of the drug thug?​An alleged thug who cops say threatened a man and tried to burn down his Mid-City home because of a drug debt owed by a relative of the victim was nabbed on the boat he lived on in Marina Del Rey, cops say. Who knew the (alleged) bad guys live large ... More >>

Brigitte Burdine, Top Video Game Director, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Marina Del Rey

FacebookMarina Del Rey video-game director Brigitte Burdine was killed by an at-large hit-and-run driver last night​Updated after the jump with another picture of Burdine, a video clip and messages from friends, family and co-workers. Originally posted Dec. 29 at 7:30 p.m. R.I.P. Brigitte Bur ... More >>

GET LIT UP IN MARINA DEL REY

Free Marina Access? How Quaint

Shore Lovers' Last Stand at Mother's Beach

Marina del Rey's future is looking like L.A.: chain stores and towers

First Look: Vü Restaurant in Marina Del Rey

Guzzle & NoshVü Restaurant in Marina del Rey.​ Molecular gastronomy may be dead in Pasadena, but it's alive and kicking in Marina del Rey. When Vü Restaurant opens on December 1st, chef Kyle Schutte hopes to inject, aerate and freeze-dry a little flare into a notoriously stodgy dining categ ... More >>

Ban On Plastic Bags To Be Considered For L.A. County's Unincorporated Areas

L.A. County board to consider plastic bag ban.​California's senate didn't have the balls to ban plastic bags at grocery, convenience and drug stores. But this week L.A County might do what Sacramento wouldn't. And Heal the Bay, long a proponent of polluting the planet with needless bags, will ... More >>

How 16-Year-Old Abby Sunderland Overcame Fear As She Faced Death On The High Seas

​Say what you will about Southern California sailor Abby Sunderland -- that her parents put her up to a perilous attempt to sail around the world, that she did it for a reality television show, that her rescue cost hundreds of thousands of tax dollars in Australia. Whatever. She's one tough g ... More >>

Forget Dot-Com: Dot-XXX Websites Approved, Will Aim For Adult Content

estherase via Flickr​The Marina Del Rey-based organization that governs website domains, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved a ".xxx" domain suffix for adult-content websites. A Florida-based company called ICM Registry will facilitate registration of sites ... More >>

Abby Sunderland Reported To Be In 'Good Spirits' As Efforts To Reach Her Were Underway

​Southern California teen sailor Abby Sunderland was reported to be in "good spirits" after an airliner spotted her aboard her distressed sailboat and a rescue plane subsequently circled overhead as she awaited sea-bound help in the Indian Ocean Friday. The 16-year-old from Thousand Oaks, who ... More >>

The Wood Cafe's Fuzzy Logic

Ben CalderwoodHow big is it?​Everyone knows the basic algebra of a diner is starch plus protein divided by coffee³--pancakes plus bacon or eggs plus potatoes in a myriad of ways for breakfast, bread plus meat (e.g., the Wood's tumescent 8-ounce Niman Ranch Woody Burger) for lunch.

On the Waterbus

Around and around she goes

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Feds Bust Venice, MDR Pot Pharms

The Drug Enforcement Agency raided two Venice medical marijuana dispensaries today, and a third dispensary in Marina Del Rey. Local DEA spokeswoman Special Agent Sarah Pullen declined to give specifics about the raids or information about possible arrests, citing the agency's ongoing investigation i ... More >>

No More Whining in 2009!

What to do in L.A., Dec. 26-Jan. 1

Everything Bad Starts in Culver City. Everything.

Best Pizza: Pizzeria Mozza

C.R.A.N.K Mob Does Not Go Gentle Into The Night

Royal Welding

Jewelry fit for a king or a queen, baby

Chemistry 101

L.A.’s Playful pastimes