By Anne Alvarez Friday December 21, the Mayans’ supposed “Doomsday,” had many expecting cataclysmic and transformative events worldwide. However, for local poet and astrologer SwamiX, the date had a much greater and significant meaning, a time […]
Circumstance and Opportunity
By Ronald McKinley There is a bike parked just left of the multi-use utility pole on the corner of cold and homeless. We mill about; I mean “we”, not French for more […]
Venice – Where Art Meets (White Collar) Crime
By CJ Gronner If you had left Venice even a year ago, and returned today to stroll down Abbot Kinney, you might think you got lost and wound up on Robertson or […]
California Coastal Commission Silences Pacific Gas & Electric’s Airguns
By Krista Schwimmer On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the California Coastal Commission unanimously and vehemently denied Pacific Gas & Electric Company a permit that would have allowed them to conduct a high […]
The Venice Drum Circle (Free Expression)
By Ronald McKinley The police routinely stop the Venice Drum Circle. The time is never the same, sometimes sunset, sometimes not. Sunday, November 25, at 5:10 P.M. the circle was stopped. The […]
Being Thankful on Thanksgiving, and Always
By Anne Alvarez Venice’s spirit shone upon Thanksgiving. It was a beautiful day for our less fortunate, and often invisible, Venice residents, many of whom started their day off with a holiday […]
A Beach Head Write About the Beachhead
By Carol Fondiller Frankly, I feel as if I’m viewing the decades of the Free Venice Beachhead’s existence on old celluloid film. Jumping and bumping with splats, cracks and flashes. Cutting through […]
Life Creeping Back in at Lincoln Place
By Greta Cobar Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco) received the loan needed to redevelop Lincoln Place. Being one of the country’s largest owners and operators of apartments, Aimco received the largest […]
Cannabis Update
By Anne Alvarez Facing the public’s outcry in the form of lawsuits, petitions and criticism: the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-2 to overturn the medical marijuana dispensary ban on October 2, allowing the city to […]
People’s Reactions While Canvasing for Proposition 37 (YES! to Labeling GMOs) at the Ukiah Safeway 10/28/2012
“I’m a felon I can’t vote! And I didn’t murder the guy.” “I’ve already voted,” sly, grim smile; with emphasis: “by secret ballot.” “I’ve already voted YES!” YES! YES! YES! big, happy […]
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