Coast Guard to participate in Los Angeles Fleet Week 2023

SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to participate in the annual Los Angeles Fleet Week, which is scheduled to begin Friday, May 26, and continue through Memorial Day at the Port of Los Angeles.
The U.S. Coast Guard invites the public to celebrate our nation’s sea services and meet our Coast Guard members. During Los Angeles Fleet Week, the Coast Guard will showcase its capabilities...
San Diego aircrews medevac 4 off 3 cruise ships within 24 hours

Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard helicopter aircrews medically evacuated four separate passengers off three different cruise ships, off the southern California coast, during a 24-hour period beginning Friday night.
A 47-year-old female, reportedly suffering from a progressive acute illness, was hoisted off the cruise ship Carnival Panorama,...
Unified Command established for fishing vessel aground

SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response and Santa Barbara County established a unified command to continue its response to the 60-foot fishing vessel that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach watchstanders received a report from Vessel Assist Ventura that the fishing...
Coast Guard responds to grounded fishing vessel on Santa Cruz Island

Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip file photo
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard, state, and local agencies are responding to a fishing vessel that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach watchstanders received a report from Vessel Assist Ventura that the fishing vessel Speranza Marie, a 60-foot fishing vessel with six people aboard and carrying roughly...
Coast Guard Sector LA/LB holds change of command

LOS ANGELES – Capt. Ryan Manning relieved Capt. Rebecca Ore as the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach sector commander during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles/Long Beach.
Rear Adm. Brian Penoyer, the Eleventh Coast Guard District commander, presided over the ceremony.
Manning reported to Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach from Coast Guard Activities Europe,...
Coast Guard, partner agencies recover 1,300 pounds of marijuana near Catalina Island

Seaman Alyssa Massores, Petty Officer 3rd Class David Olson, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Laeger stand near a van filled with approximately 1,300 pounds of marijuana seized near Catalina Island, Aug. 13, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a report of multiple bales of narcotics in the water near Santa Catalina Island, Tuesday.
A...
Coast Guard Completes Review of Refugio Oil Spill Cleanup Operations

Beach cleanup crew members work to cleanup oil from the beach at Refugio State Beach, Calif., May 22, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Federal On-Scene Coordinator’s (FOSC) report on ocean and coastal response and cleanup operations for the Refugio Beach oil spill was released Tuesday.
The 47-page report includes an overall review...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing swimmer near Manhattan beach

LOS ANGELES — At 8:25 a.m., the Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing swimming near Manhattan Beach.
The Coast Guard launched several assets to assist with the search of a swimmer after he was reported missing Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Assets included Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, homeported in Marina del Rey, a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles and a 45-foot...