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Cloudy Afternoon, Sailing Rough Seas and Blog for Us

Boating columnist Paul M.J. Suchecki in his latest piece offers safety tips for coping with rough seas.

Today is June 16. It is the 167th day of the year. We are under a waning gibbous moon. Sunset will occur about 8:08 p.m. Here are five things to know:

1. The National Weather Service forecast for this afternoon calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high near 63 degrees with areas of drizzle after 11 p.m. and an overnight low around 59 degrees. Forecasters expect drizzle Friday morning with a cloudy afternoon and a high near 62 degrees.

2. Boating columnist Paul M.J. Suchecki in his latest piece offers some potentially life-saving tips on how to cope with raging seas. Learn more right here.

3. Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard will be signing his new book "The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring" at the Costco on Washington Boulevard this Saturday. More details right here.

4. Patch is looking for bloggers. We recently rolled out a new blogging platform and are looking for local bloggers to write about whatever they want, whenever they want. If you're interested or want to learn more, send me an email: Paul.Chavez@patch.com

5. Did you know that you can follow Marina del Rey Patch, which also covers Del Rey and Playa del Rey, on Facebook and Twitter?

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