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 […]
Venice in the 1960s: A Series of Circles
By Lisa Marguerite Mora Maria was a large woman, a round body, a series of circles. She scared me. But not because she was fat. It was because when she looked at […]
Venice Carnevale to feature fire dancers, music, costumes and Mr. Balloon Man
After years of wandering around Venice looking for a home, Carnevale organizers believe they’ve found a permanent location for their once-a-year extravaganza. On June 6, Windward Avenue, west of Pacific, will be […]
Growing Up in Oakwood
By Lisa Marguerite Mora Winding down from an afternoon of errands, I make a right onto Electric and drive parallel to Abbot Kinney and Main Street. This was my old neighborhood when […]
It Did Happen Here: When our Japanese neighbors were sent to concentration camps
By Scott Yuda, Jr. During World War II, under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi organization’s “rule,” so to speak, ordered for any person 1/8 Jewish or more to be relocated to concentration […]
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