By Anne Alexander Where else could a stroll along the beach bring you face-to-face with Arnold Schwarznegger, Vietnam war novelist Ron Kovic, the author of a massive volume on Teeth, or Cher’s […]
From the Beachhead Archives: CRUD Conspiracy – Jan. 1970, #12
By Carol Fondiller Stepped on any broken bottles lately? Have you noticed that the new trash cans on the Ocean Front Walk have been burned? Are you afraid to go on ocean […]
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper
By Jim Smith How is it possible for a newspaper to survive these days without massive advertising from big corporations? And while we’re at it, how is it possible for a Venice […]
Venice Quiz
The Beachhead sent a questionnaire to our loyal readers who are on our email list to tell us who they are and what they liked about Venice. Here are the aggregated results. […]
The Beats in 1959 Venice
By Bill Fleeman Long hair, beard, looking like Raskolnikov ‘bout to kill his landlady, back in Baltimore I didn’t fit. I read “On the Road” in ‘58, “The Holy Barbarians”early ‘59. Then […]
Only 6,013 Years Old!
Happy BEarthday. Bishop Ussher of Ireland in the 17th Century declared that the earth was created on October 23, 4,004 B.C.E.
Maureen Cotter Tells Inside Story of Charlie Manson’s Murder Spree in 1969
By Fred Dewey It is hard to imagine that, once upon a time, quite a few Americans, young and old, tried to free American society from its ruinous trajectory of violence, greed, […]
Israel Levin Center Needs Help
For 45 years, thousands of senior residents of Venice have been assisted by the Israel Levin Senior Center. Recently, the Center has fallen on hard times and needs the community’s help. When […]
Freemasonry in Venice
By Michael Wamback In 1903, a group of prominent civic and business leaders headed by Abbot Kinney, a Freemason, decided that a Masonic Lodge was needed to serve what was then the […]
Students Continue Campaign for Memorial for Japanese Who Were Taken to World War II Camps
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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