Lyft Inc. was sued today by a woman who claims one of the ride-hailing service’s drivers left her in the middle of a busy Marina del Rey street, where she was struck and injured by a hit-run driver while trying to cross the roadway. Sara Corcoran’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges negligence by Lyft […]
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Marina Del Rey’s Hornblower Cruises offers free admission to first responders
August 3, 2016
First responders are being offered a free Hornblower cruise in Marina del Rey through the end of August, the company announced today. Hornblower Cruises is offering free admission to its 45-minute Harbor Tour Sea Lion Adventure for “firefighters, police officers, harbor police, U.S. Coast Guard members, sheriff department deputies, EMTs, active military and veterans involved […]
Woman rescued in Marina del Rey after car ends up in water
July 14, 2016
Authorities in Marina Del Rey today rescued a woman whose sedan careened through a railing and into the water. Firefighters responded to the 5500 block of South Pacific near Via Marina at 12:13 a.m., according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Lifeguards assisted firefighters in extracting the woman, who was believed to be the lone […]
Ribbon cutting celebrates Marina Del Rey’s flood control basin to park transformation
July 7, 2016
After six years of planning and a year of construction, Los Angeles County officials will cut the ribbon today on a renovated flood-control basin that had become a foul-smelling eyesore but has been rebuilt into a park-like area with wildlife-viewing platforms. Originally constructed in 1959 on the outskirts of Marina del Rey as a flood-control […]
Marina Del Rey abuzz about billionaire’s 330-foot yacht anchored in the main channel
June 30, 2016
For people dreaming of hitting the lottery or enjoying the finer things in life, the yacht anchored just north of the Marina del Rey main channel today will provide a good look at how the other half lives. The roughly 330-foot yacht Attessa, owned by billionaire industrialist Dennis Washington, motored into the area Wednesday night […]
