U.S. Coast Guard

Marijuana-Carrying Sailboat Ditched in Swanky Newport Beach

Seems that weed has been washing up along the Southern California coast with alarming frequency. (Though, if you're a stoner, you are probably not alarmed but rather charmed, especially if you've come across some of this bounty from the sea). It usually arrives in some jenky Mexican "panga" motorbo ... More >>

Marijuana Found Floating In Ocean Off SoCal -- 3.3 Tons Worth (VIDEO)

Where does all this weed that Mexican smugglers are boating to Southern California end up? After all, the legitimacy of medical marijuana in the Golden State means that consumers end up with the some of the highest-grade hydroponic bud around. And that stuff is often grown indoors locally, no?. It' ... More >>

Terrell Horne: Coast Guard Officer Killed In High-Seas Clash With Drug Boat

The "panga" drug boats that come ashore in Southern California often come across as a sad bunch, rundown watercraft driven by desperate immigrants and filled with low-quality drugs. But over the weekend tragedy struck and the invasion of drugs on rickety boats from Mexico just became a big story. ... More >>

Marijuana Boat Boat In Southern California Waters Busted By Coast Guard, Officials Say

Even in Los Angeles, the medical marijuana capital of the nation, where weed is semi-legal and certainly out-in-the-open, contraband pot seems to come at us from all directions -- by land, air and sea. Well, at least by land and by sea. U.S. Coast Guard and Customs & Border Protection officials sai ... More >>

Claudene Christian: HMS Bounty Crew Member Was USC Grad, South Bay Local

A crew member whose body was found after the HMS Bounty sunk in hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina coast was a local woman who attended USC and co-owned a defunct Hermosa Beach bar. Claudene Christian's body was recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after the vessel, a Hollywood ... More >>

HMS Bounty, Pirates of the Caribbean Tall Ship, Sunk By Hurricane Sandy; 2 Missing (VIDEO)

Updated at the bottom with a body recovered. First posted at 12:22 p.m. A Hollywood treasure known for its roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Treasure Island and Mutiny on the Bounty has sunk off the coast of North Carolina, a victim of hurricane Sandy. Two crew members were missing ... More >>

Tony Scott Jumps to Death From Vincent Thomas Bridge

Updated at the bottom with a NEW report that Scott DID NOT have cancer. Top was rewritten to reflect our own confirmation of reports of Scott's death. First posted at 9:01 p.m. Sunday. Director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro today, the L.A. County Coroner ... More >>

Marijuana Haul Off San Pedro: Coast Guard Fishes $7.7 Million Worth

The U.S. Coast Guard is boasting that one of its cutter crews seized 8,500 pounds marijuana off the coast of San Pedro this week. That's a lot of weed headed for a region where it's essentially legal to sell it in storefronts. Makes you wonder. Anyway, Coast Guard officials said the catch was wort ... More >>

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 >>

The Invisible War Review

USS Iowa Is Caked in Marine Life, Will Need a 2-4 Day Hull Cleaning Before Arriving in L.A.

What happens to a battleship docked in airtight "mothball" mode for 20-plus years? It gathers itself a good thick coat of barnacles and bottomfeeders, according to Pacific Battleship Center, the company who's spent the last six months preparing the 1940s-era USS Iowa for its journey from the Bay Ar ... More >>

Gary Menes: The Son Also Braises

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "Being a cook was out of the question," Gary Menes says of his childhood aspirations. The reason: his father. And why do you suppose Menes' father wanted him to become somethin ... More >>

David Thompson Jumps From Redondo Beach Pier With Friend, Remains Missing

A 22-year-old man who jumped off Redondo Beach Pier with a female companion over the weekend remained missing despite search efforts. He was ID'd as David Thompson. Authorities say the woman, who came ashore and remains unidentified, was "intoxicated" and had to be checked out at a hospital. At fir ... More >>

Super Yacht Off Venice Pier Causes Commotion on Summer-Like Day

SNL​A multimillion-dollar super-yacht is making waves in Venice today. The Serena (or perhaps Serene) is sitting off the coast south of Venice Pier, close enough to gawkers on this summer-like day that authorities have been fielding calls inquiring whether the awesome vessel is too close to s ... More >>

Drunk Driving Surfer Dives Into Cold Ocean, Successfully Evades Cops, They Say

Here's one way to avoid the DUI dance: With cops on your tail, drive to the edge of America, get out of your car, and dive into the ocean. (Seriously, don't try this at home, kids). It appeared to work for a 28-year-old suspect in San Diego yesterday morning. Any drunk-driving case against him is ... More >>

Illegal Immigrant Suspects Land on Santa Cruz Island, Call 911 in Bid to Return Home

Santa Cruz Island: Es un mirage.​Gosh. Imagine the disappointment. America! We made it. Wait, no. It's just a deserted island. No Lindsay Lohan. Not even a car wash. That was the case over the weekend when 15 suspected illegals landed on Santa Cruz Island, one of the famed Channel Islands o ... More >>

Freeze-Dried Camping Foods Return: Just in Time To Escape From L.A.

Flickr / United States Marine Corps Official Page​ Shortly after the Fukushima disaster spread fears of a tsunami and radioactive plume hitting the Western United States, panicked buyers cleaned out many retailers of freeze-dried camping foods and left shelves bare at outdoor sports retailers. ... More >>

Swimming to Catalina

Four athletes try consecutive crossings of Catalina Channel

FAIRY-y Tales

Body Found On Santa Monica Beach That Of Brian Patrick Dunn, WeHo Man Who Jumped Off Venice Pier Last Week

​The body of a West Hollywood man who jumped off Venice Pier early on the morning of July 5 washed up on a Santa Monica beach over the weekend, authorities said. Thirty-one-year-old Brian Patrick Dunn was reportedly drunk when he dove into cold water and high surf after 2 a.m. following the 4 ... More >>

Search For Man Who Jumped Off Venice Pier Suspended

File photo​Rescuers on Monday night suspended their search for a 31-year-old West Hollywood man who jumped off Venice Pier during a period of high surf and strong currents. Brian Patrick Dunn was said to be drunk when he took a leap off the end of the structure at 2:30 a.m. Monday, apparentl ... More >>

Rescuers Search Venice Coast For Man Who Jumped Off Pier

portilaj via Flickr​Rescuers were searching the coast of Venice for a man, reportedly drunk, who jumped off the end of Venice Pier about 2:30 Monday morning. The jumper was identified as 29-year-old Brian Patrick Dunn of West Hollywood. County lifeguards, with the help of a U.S. Coast Guard ... More >>

America's Cocaine King Hid From Drug Cartels for 25 Years

It took a screenwriter to find him

On the Waterbus

Around and around she goes

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

UCLA Lab Fire Fine The University of California, Los Angeles, was fined more than $31,000 by Cal/OSHA for safety violations in a 2008 fire that led to the death of a research assistant. L.A. TimesOakridge Residents Return After 170 days, residents of the mobile homes not destroyed by last year's Say ... More >>

Blue Whale Requiem

Mystery reigns as sonar tests pit military training against beloved Southland pods

Rescue Me

Survival of the fittest in The Guardian and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

George Gershwin Lived Here

And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

Terminal Viscosity

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I smell poo

Sweatshop on the Sea

Wanted: 600 computer coders to work for cheap on old cruise ship

Goodbye with a Bang

In wake of mixed verdicts, students stage play to honor slain Redlands teen

The Yes Men Are Coming! The Yes Men Are Coming!

In the midst of their 'Yes, Bush Can!' campaign, the busy pranksters spread faux Republican cheer on their way to L.A. for the opening of their new movie

Cardinal Sins

How the Catholic Church, legal community and PR machine are conspiring to protect Roger Mahony

Daylight Drive

Two Against One

Teenage love and murder in Redlands, California

On the Border of Hypocrisy

The unintended consequences of getting tough on illegal immigration

If It Happened Here

A bioterrorism attack on Los Angeles might look a lot like this

Watching the Detectives

How a couple of middle-aged P.I.'s and world-class raconteurs survived the DEA, the mob and the tabloid wars to take on their most elusive target yet -- Hollywood

Beloved Infidels

Load Warriors

The A-Team meets Boogie Nights on the Colorado River

Cattle Call

The Race to Succeed Richard Riordan -- and to Shape the Future of Los Angeles -- Has Already Begun

Hooked

40 Years of Fishing Off the Santa Monica Pier

Plastic Disasters

Playing havoc with your credit gives him a charge