DMV

Residents have reported seeing deceptive social media advertisements claiming to renew a vehicle registration at a 50% discount, the DMV said on Wednesday.

Fact check: State law prohibits the DMV from offering discounted vehicle registration renewals.

Fact check: The DMV will never ask for personal information or payment through unofficial channels such as social media sites and transaction applications.

“The safest way to renew your vehicle registration is directly through the official DMV website,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon in a statement.

That may have appeared true to a man whose flagship measured about 100 feet long — the same distance the DMV says you should signal an upcoming turn — but in time, the hunger for harbors would convert the shallow San Pedro waters into a bona fide port.