By Jon Wolff Your L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin held a community meeting in the Westminster Avenue Elementary School auditorium on September 8, 2016 to present his accomplishments and propose his solutions […]
The Homelessness Meetings Continue
Poetry: “Venice Yes”
By Jim Smith, from “If The Dead Had Email” Yes! Venice is a beach town Not a highfalutin suit-and-tie town The waves come and go ‘cause they’re free, and, yes indeed, so […]
Ghost Town Wows Venice
Thousands of neighbors and families came out to Oakwood Park to see this extraordinary play last month. The neighborhood was buzzing with anticipation after seeing the large and very technical stage they […]
Signs on Cafe 50s Front Door.
Hinano Café is a Venice Institution
A BELOVED institution, made even more so by the fact that it’s just about the last good, old-fashioned dive bar that we have left…
Poetry – The Death of Venice
by Blake Abramovitz i Pit bulls kick up dirt engoldened by the sun, honey to sooth broken streets of Lexus hybrids and homeless clowns. Princes sheathed in denim stagger past out-of- work […]
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 […]
A Snake in the Wheatgrass
We’ve all seen the Cryptic Ballerina Clown atop CVS, proudly throwing up “666”, or the “OM” or “AUM” symbol (depending on your perception), at the corner of Main and Rose. And I’m […]
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 […]
A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM
by Pat Raphael When cooking up a bum stew, you quickly learn there has to be at least three rocks around your fire — saves your teetering meal from ending up all […]
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