By Marty Liboff My mother, Ruthie began managing a Jewish bakery on the oceanfront in 1951. It was two blocks north of Venice in old Ocean Park. Ocean Park in the 1950s […]
Ruthie in the Bakery
New Bollards, More Yellow Than the Old Bollards
By Greta Cobar It is unclear why Mike Bonin, our Councilperson, held a Town Hall meeting on October 29, 2013 to hear the public’s input concerning bollards, cameras and blocking off the […]
Police Selectively Enforcing Vending Ordinance on OFW
By Timothy Trygg Municipal code LAMC 42.15 was established to stop the selling of commercial items on Ocean Front Walk (OFW) so that there would be more space for the artists and […]
Google’s Ghetto by the Sea
By Theo Kirkham-Lewitt Back and forth on her low-ride beach cruiser bicycle, wearing a black Suicidal Tendencies band t-shirt, dark Ray Ban shades and blood-red lipstick, she pops out against a background […]
Zipline Leaves Juan Smelling BS
By Greta Cobar Following their promise to leave only footprints, Flightlinez removed the two towers supporting the zipline and are in the process of restoring the grass that was uprooted when the […]
The Merchant of Venice
By Delores Hanney Today Mike T. lives a life of gracious bohemianism with his longtime love Laura. He’s an artist; she’s a writer. Their enchanting Venice home and its 800 square-foot studio […]
Our Oldest Mural Is Gone
By Greta Cobar The owner of the building housing the oldest surviving mural in Venice destroyed the mural without consulting the community or the artist who painted it. Located on Brooks at […]
Increase Safety by Banning Police Cars on OFW
By Greta Cobar Plastic bollards that lay flat on the ground when a car touches them will not stop anyone determined to drive down Ocean Front Walk. Several such bollards that have […]
For Alice Gruppioni, who died here
For Alice Gruppioni, who died here she came here for her honeymoon she left, to go to her funeral a sun-kissed shore, that’s what they call Venice so many people have come […]
Love Around the World
By CJ Gronner I was out of town in Chicago, having a blast at Lollapalooza. My friend said, “Some psycho mowed down people on the Boardwalk today!” Then I started getting messages […]
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