The Oct. 15 dedication of the new Venice Skills Center’s (VSC) permanent building after nearly 41 years of teaching out of many temporary structures gives the L.A. Unified school an all new […]
Steve Richmond, Venice Poet, 1941 – 2009
By Panos Douvos On October 22, 2009, the West lost a great lyric poet. Steve Richmond’s work spoke raw truths while offering sharp inner awareness. He published ten books and also appeared […]
Venice ‘Out Front’ Skatepark Opens on the Beach
By Amy V. Dewhurst After 9 months of building, 10 years of lobbying, and 30 years of Skateboard History, Venice’s “Out Front” is finally being immortalized with it’s own park. This Saturday, […]
The return of Ali Katz – Out of the Litter Box
By Ali Katz This cat’s been mewsing about strange human happenings – Seems the Venice Historical Society, aided by former resident of Venice Ray Bradbury, the cat’s meow of speculative fiction, has […]
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Jim Smith The California Coastal Commission made a wise decision, June 11, when it denied pay parking (Overnight Parking […]
Who Owns the Beach?
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 […]
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