VENICE BEACHHEAD JUNE 2018 ISSUE
JUNE 2018 ISSUE OF THE BEACHHEAD
Venice Spirit of Life
– Paul Tanck I feel that 2016 is the year of death. Look at the “celebrities” that have left us suddenly and too soon this year so far: David Bowie, Merle […]
PROPAGANDA 101
by Jon Wolff The Free Venice Beachhead is the oldest newspaper published of, by, and for Venetians. It has reflected the complex Spirit of Venice for decades. The Beachhead has served as […]
1969 and 2016
by Jon Wolff In April of 1969, a Venice activist by the name of Helene Wolff presented a prepared statement to Los Angeles City Planning Commission. It went something like this: The […]
VENICE JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL MONUMENT
By Phyllis Hayashibara, member of the VJAMM Committee, phyllishayashibara@gmail.com The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee takes great pleasure in announcing that David Williams, founder and owner of Williams Monument Company in […]
Passing: Margie Ghiz April 16, 1940 – February 27, 2016
I worked with Margie Ghiz in the Midnight Special Bookstore collective when the bookstore was at 1335 1/2 West Washington Boulevard (now renamed Abbot Kinney Boulevard). Then, as well as later after […]
Lagoon Killers
By John Davis The L.A. County Board of Supervisors are on a rampage. They want to wipe out the natural virtues of natural coastal environments, replacing them with sterile flood control projects. […]
A Yen for a Hen in a Pen
By Marty Liboff As a small child, my mom used to scare me with gory stories and ghastly books that had horrible photos of dead Jews in concentration camps. She would cry, […]
Greta Says
By Greta Cobar Not long ago, only about six years, quite a few Venice long-term residents lived in vehicles. They were groovy – both the vehicles and the residents. The Venice vehicularly-housed […]
Historic OFW Houses to be Demolished
By Greta Cobar The very last two historic houses on OFW are about to be torn down. According to the Notice of Public Hearing posted on the Speedway side of the 811-815 […]
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