A campaign to create what may be the first historical marker at a round-up point where Japanese were taken away to internment camps in 1942 continues to gain support among Venice High […]
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Cops Target Venice Gambling Dens, 1948
By Michael Linder The Great Venice Gambling Raids of 1948 hit smack in the middle of the Communist scare — in full swing and zeroing in on comic books, a subversive plot […]
The Beachhead and Mayor Villaraigosa Honor Swami X at Beyond Baroque
By Karl Abrams In an emotional ceremony at Venice’s Beyond Baroque on Sunday June 21, 83-year old Swami X, famed 1970’s and 80’s boardwalk comic, writer and muse, was presented with a […]
If Everybody Had An Ocean….
By Amy V. Dewhurst Summer is here, and with it an estimated 5 million tourists will visit our beach. What that means is more kooks at The Breakwater. If someone snakes your […]
On the Boardwalk – The Lottery
By Ian Lovett “It’s all commercial fucking vendors.” That’s the first thing I hear as I approach the crowd outside the police station waiting for the lottery. At 8:10 am the place […]
Venice and the Eco-Fest: What a Day! What a Life!
By Eino Hill What a day. It started off bumpy, waking up to an oozing hangover and having to drop my girlfriend off at the airport hours before I wanted to be […]
Poetry
• Venice would be perfect – Jim Smith • Belle Lettres – Rebecca LaRue • Ode to Aung San Suu Kyi – Vessy Mink • Today – Honeybee Henderson • I Would – […]
Parking Woes Cloud Happy Summer Days
By Carol Fondiller I’m not going to defend or attack those who live in their vehicles because this is irrelevant to the parking. From what I’ve observed in the forty something years […]
How To Beat The Summertime Blues
By Amy Dewhurst To live in a 60 degree & sunny city means the coming of summer can be quite quiet. So to remind us of the significance of Solstice (June 21) […]
Gale Goldman, Jazz Musician & Street Artist of the Venice Boardwalk, 1980 – 1996; Partner with Sonny Zorro
She just passed on into the ethers – A lover of life A life of lovers A lover of art An Artist of the Streets of Venice Beach We remember you Gail […]
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