By DeDe Audet Living, working, and playing here in Venice gives us environmentalists more in common with the California Delta than it is comfortable to think about. I am no exception. It […]
Beach Curfew Fight Coming to a Head
By John Davis Last August several people filed complaints with the California Coastal Commission that the City Council of Los Angeles passed a curfew preventing the public from accessing and using their […]
Coastal Commission Body Slams City
By John Davis The same City Attorney that chastised the Coastal Commission and accused it of nefarious misdeeds just faced them, begging them for approval of what City Councilman Bill Rosendadhl (CD11) […]
Battle of the Beach Curfew
By John Davis In 1998 the City Joint Powers Agreement with the County of Los Angeles to operate City beaches, parking lots, and Dockweiler State Park expired. The State Park and beach […]
County Steals Venice’s Beach
By John Davis Around 1999 former Councilperson Ruth Galanter began work to finish a Local Coastal Program (LCP) for Venice, a focused planning process that involved the community in hearings that were […]
Main Street – The Garden Spot of Venice?
By Jim Smith As many as 80 people spent a Saturday last month building a garden on the slope of the Rose and Main St. parking lot. The strip fronts Main Street […]
The Real Stink about Dumping
By Peggy Lee Kennedy Recently, right-wing radio, along with some mainstream media, have been having a field day regarding alleged RV dumping of black water in Venice. With all the propaganda surrounding […]
Dumping Sidebar: US Military Dumping of Carbon
In 2006 the Department of Defense was the largest consumer of energy in the world – using 1 quadrillion BTU. A standard military M-1 Abrams tank will only go 20 miles on […]
The Great L.A./Venice Oil Heist
By Patrick McCartney Research by Arnold Springer, Charles Feick and Moe Stavnezer. (Originally published in the Feb. 1985 Beachhead) The oil site the City of Los Angeles leased out in 1964 on […]
Adventures at the Eco-Fest
By C.J. Gronner July 10 saw Venice become even greener than normal, with the 2010 Venice Eco-Fest setting up shop down at the Boardwalk & Windward. It’s L.A.’s largest free outdoor green […]
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