By Greta Cobar Carol Fondiller used to baby-sit Thomas Duggan, formerly known as Thomas Haag, Anna’s son. Yes, Anna Haag, who with John Haag operated the Venice West Cafe at 7 Dudley […]
Historical Status for 7 Dudley Advances
Historical status for the building that housed the Venice West coffeehouse (see photo, right), the Potpourri coffeehouse, the Vox Populi coffeehouse and Sponto Gallery was approved by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs […]
The Venice Beat
Women have a right to live free of violence Another woman has been murdered in Venice. Eun Kang, a 39-year-old Korean resident of Electric Avenue, who was pregnant with twins, was brutally raped and […]
From the Beachhead Archives: CALL SOMEPLACE PARADISE, KISS IT GOODBYE – Reprinted from January 1980, Number 121
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 […]
2009 – The Venice Year In Review
January • The year 2009 began with much of Venice grieving for Mark Sponto, proprietor of Sponto’s Gallery at 7 Dudley Avenue. Sponto, as he was generally known, was only 59 years […]
Monday Nights Working With The Beachhead Collective
By Krista Schwimmer In the spring of 2008, I came home one day to find a phone message on my machine from a pleasant sounding woman named Della Franco. Although I […]
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 […]
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