Drowning Reported on Venice Beach Turns Out to Be False Alarm

Originally posted at 2:50 p.m. Sept. 17, 2014.

UPDATE at 4:09 p.m.: That report of a drowning near the Rose Avenue lifeguard tower in the 200 block of Ocean Front Walk in Venice was a false alarm, says the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Keith Mora.

Original post:

Paramedics are responding to a reported drowning in Venice at the Rose Avenue lifeguard tower near the 200 block of Ocean Front Walk, said Brian Humphrey of the fire department.

--City News Service

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