By Krista Schwimmer Throughout the country, numerous cases of police brutality are bringing communities together in both explosive and peaceful ways. The most recent case is the killing of 18 year old, […]
Boardwalk Beating: “Worse Than Rodney King”
L.A. Living in Vehicle Law Found UnConstitutional
By Peggy Lee Kennedy To me it’s a sweet, but sad victory. This recently overturned unconstitutional Los Angeles City law, LAMC 85.02, has been used over the years to harm many more […]
Bonin Walks From Meeting
By Mary Getlein A community meeting was held on June 18th, at the Boys and Girl’s Club in Venice. It was hosted by “Venice Life” to discuss the “livability” of Venice. The […]
Hate Crime on Glyndon Ave.
By Mary Getlein May 12 was celebrated by most Americans as Mother’s Day. On Glyndon Ave., things were not the same. A guy was living in his camper and that irritated someone, […]
What’s Up With the Beach Curfew?
By Peggy Lee Kennedy On March 13 a coalition consisting of the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN), Occupy Venice and the Venice Justice Committee appeared before the California Coastal Commission meeting […]
Venice Activists mediate in Beach Cleanup
By Eric Ahlberg I had the good fortune of being asked to join a 6:15 am crew of fellow Venetians out on Ocean Front Walk, to monitor and document the roughly bi-weekly […]
Open Letter About Public Urination, Stuff on Sidewalks … and Parking
By Deborah Lashever If you are concerned with the urination and defecation in your neighborhood, lobby Bonin to install more public restrooms! Do you realize that we have 16 million visitors a […]
Open letter to Councilman Mike Bonin
By Mark Lipman As you have stated on several occasion, homelessness is a very important issue that you want to help find a solution to. To that, I would like to bring to […]
Local Coastal Plan to Become Law of Land for Venice
By Greta Cobar The Venice coastal zone is about to lose the direct oversight of the California Coastal Commission, and be placed under the jurisdiction of the city of Los Angeles under […]
Starbucks Brings Jim Crow to Venice
By Brian Connolly I ran up the sidewalk to the Starbucks on Navy & Main near Venice Beach, California. It was still dark out at 6:10 AM, but I had to get […]
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