By Laura Shepard Townsend While it is essential that we must all do our best to instigate drought strategies here in Southern California, it seems the answers, especially here in Venice, are […]
DROUGHT STRATEGY: The Concrete Jungle?
New Petition Filed in the Sale of the Historic Venice Post Office
By Greta Cobar Talk of a possible sale of our historic Venice Post Office started in March 2011 and was followed by an unprecedented community unity in our efforts to keep it […]
Occupy Film Series Kicks Off Season
By Krista Schwimmer Did you know that the first S.W.A.T. Team was created in Los Angeles in 1966? Or that you are eight times more likely to be killed by a police […]
Venice Celebrates the Life of Jay Adams
By CJ Gronner Venice lost one of the true O. G.s on August 15th, when Jay Adams, founding member of Dogtown’s Z-Boys and skateboard legend, passed away at the age of 53 […]
Boardwalk Beating: “Worse Than Rodney King”
By Krista Schwimmer Throughout the country, numerous cases of police brutality are bringing communities together in both explosive and peaceful ways. The most recent case is the killing of 18 year old, […]
SMO: A PARK…..or BIZ AS USUAL?
By Laura Silagi and Laura Shepard Townsend After a flurry of litigation, in 1984, an agreement between the City of Santa Monica and the FAA was reached, which stated that Santa Monica […]
Russ Baker: from Venice High School to Award-Winning Investigative Journalist
By Anthony Castillo I’ve followed the important work of award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker since the release of his seminal book “Family of Secrets, the Bush dynasty, America’s invisible government, and the […]
Panagiotis Douvos is the Pano we all Love
By Greta Cobar A visit to Pano’s apartment is a visit to Pano’s museum: all vertical and horizontal surfaces are covered with sculptures, paintings and drawings that he’s been creating for most […]
History, Shmistory
By Laura Shepard Townsend They say “if you don’t learn from history…then you’re just stupid!” The changes currently assaulting the community of Venice, heralded as ‘progress’, call to mind 1926, a year […]
It Struck!
By Greta Cobar A rare lightning storm hit Venice on Sunday, July 27, killing one person and injuring 13 others. Nicholas Patrick Fagnano (November 23, 1993 – July 27, 2014) was getting […]
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