By Laura Shepard Townsend While it is essential that we must all do our best to instigate drought strategies here in Southern California, it seems the answers, especially here in Venice, are […]
DROUGHT STRATEGY: The Concrete Jungle?
It Struck!
By Greta Cobar A rare lightning storm hit Venice on Sunday, July 27, killing one person and injuring 13 others. Nicholas Patrick Fagnano (November 23, 1993 – July 27, 2014) was getting […]
Labor and the Environment
By Mark Lipman Righteously, there is outrage over the state of our environment. Whether mountaintop removal for coal in West Virginia, or the dumping of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, we all […]
ENVIROGATE
By John Davis Many murky deals have come and gone in the Ballona Wetlands, and most of the time the bad players enriched themselves, got away, or are still getting rich at […]
Monarchs Not Monarchy!
By Krista Schwimmer Throughout time, the butterfly has come to symbolize many things. Serbians claim it is the soul of a witch that one can destroy by turning the witches’ body around […]
Bonin Mute, County Screws Ballona, Shelly Luce is Fast and Loose
By John Davis Councilperson Mike Bonin could have made a positive impact on the Ballona Wetlands, but failed to comment on behalf of the City as the County Board of Supervisors voted […]
Bonin, Supervisors Support Ballona Wetlands
By John Davis Two items appeared on the December 17 agenda at the Board of Supervisors. First, Don Knabe, a Republican whose district includes Marina del Rey and the Ballona Wetlands backed […]
Cindy Sheehan Runs for Governor
By Karl Abrams Gold Star Mother and social justice activist Cindy Sheehan arrived by bicycle at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Aug. 27, to announce her candidacy for the 2014 California Gubernatorial election […]
Coastal Commission Reform, the First Step
By John Davis Newly Proposed legislation would provide badly needed enhanced fining authority to the Coastal Commission. Protecting a coastline hundreds of miles long, with rivers that cut through mountains and across […]
Big Trouble for Playa Vista
By John Davis The frantic developers of Playa Vista are trying to explain why they installed drains in the Ballona Wetlands without State and Federal permits. One would expect a sophisticated response […]
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