By Greta Cobar It’s always nice to interview people that I like, and it’s an added bonus if it’s a band whose music makes me get up and dance pretty much every […]
50 Years After the Coup That Changed America Forever
By Jim Smith Have you heard it on the news About this fascist groove thang Evil men with racist views Spreading all across the land Don’t just sit there on your ass […]
Town Hall: Venetians Say No to Bollards and Cameras
By Greta Cobar Town Halls are held for those in charge to listen to the public. If anyone was listening during the October 29 Town Hall on Ocean Front Walk safety, what […]
Dream Come True: Equal Access to Justice
By Greta Cobar Equal access to justice is just another one of the many American dreams that we are still dreaming about. This is a story about a group of committed individuals […]
The Townhouse: Drinking Up Venice History
By CJ Gronner There has been a bar operating out of 52 Windward Avenue continuously since 1915, even when it had to be disguised as a grocery during Prohibition. Today it is […]
Affordable Housing: Basic Human Right
By Greta Cobar Shelter is a big deal – according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, it is just as important as food. With the aim of preventing friends, family and neighbors from […]
Remembering Lou Reed, a Rock n’ Roll Animal
By Anthony Castillo When I first heard the news of Lou Reed’s passing I said to myself “not Lou!” As you age you expect your rock n’ roll heroes to fall. But […]
Assault of a Neighborhood
By Laura Shepard Townsend I saw they took the roof off Elinore Crawford’s house today. Oh, it’s only a house, I tell myself, but I know how much love Elinore poured into […]
It Takes A Village … To Keep It A Village
By CJ Gronner I have to admit, I’d never attended a LUPC (Land Use and Planning Committee) meeting in Venice before October 2nd. I, like my friends and neighbors, was compelled to […]
Plane Crash: One More Reason to Close Santa Monica Airport
By Greta Cobar A private jet carrying four people and three pets crashed at landing into a hangar on the side of the runway at Santa Monica airport. If the hangar wasn’t […]
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