By John Davis If you are a citizen of the United States, you do. Each individual citizen is sovereign. Instead of a single ruler or king there are millions of us. However, […]
Pastor Tom Ziegert is leaving
The popular and activist minister of the Venice United Methodist Church (VUMC) has been appointed to the Point Loma church in San Diego (Ocean Beach), beginning August 1. The VUMC will honor […]
Freemasonry in Venice
By Michael Wamback In 1903, a group of prominent civic and business leaders headed by Abbot Kinney, a Freemason, decided that a Masonic Lodge was needed to serve what was then the […]
Students Continue Campaign for Memorial for Japanese Who Were Taken to World War II Camps
A campaign to create what may be the first historical marker at a round-up point where Japanese were taken away to internment camps in 1942 continues to gain support among Venice High […]
Cops Target Venice Gambling Dens, 1948
By Michael Linder The Great Venice Gambling Raids of 1948 hit smack in the middle of the Communist scare — in full swing and zeroing in on comic books, a subversive plot […]
Venice and the Eco-Fest: What a Day! What a Life!
By Eino Hill What a day. It started off bumpy, waking up to an oozing hangover and having to drop my girlfriend off at the airport hours before I wanted to be […]
Parking Woes Cloud Happy Summer Days
By Carol Fondiller I’m not going to defend or attack those who live in their vehicles because this is irrelevant to the parking. From what I’ve observed in the forty something years […]
How To Beat The Summertime Blues
By Amy Dewhurst To live in a 60 degree & sunny city means the coming of summer can be quite quiet. So to remind us of the significance of Solstice (June 21) […]
Students walk out in support of teachers
By Lydia Poncé Two hundred Venice High School students walked out of their classes in support of teachers and quality education, May 15, even as the campus sprinklers were being turned on […]
Suzy Williams, Venice Songbird
By Jim Smith Perhaps you’ve seen Suzy Williams peddling down your street on a flower-festooned bicycle named Gladus. Just another Venetian with pink hair going about her business in our community. But […]
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