By Greta Cobar The Hare Krishna Festival of the Chariots is the world’s oldest religious observation, and this year marks the 36th such celebration in Venice. Called Ratha-Yatra, the festival is a […]
Letters
Letters Thanks for the Metaphors – Jim Smith Inspired – Cory Schumacher Response to Patrick Frank’s “Even More POed at the PO – Alan Arch ———————- Thanks for the Metaphors Dear Beachhead, […]
Post Office Goes Private?
By Jim Smith What sort of a country do we live in that allows the government to take an important historic building that is part of the public’s accumulated wealth and turn […]
Not Born on the 4th of July
By Ronald McKinley When I was younger, I celebrated the 4 of July as all good Americans did. I lit strings of firecrackers. I burned sparklers. I ate hot dogs, corn on […]
The Prospects for Venice Cityhood
By Jim Smith Like the surf that keeps rolling up on Venice’s shore, the idea of restoring our cityhood just won’t go away. In 2012, I am continually approached by Venetians who […]
Public Safety Uber Alles, Says Nuch
By Greta Cobar A bigger-than-usual crowd showed up to the June 19 Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) meeting to hear City Attorney Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich. His opening speech exemplified his job duties of […]
Cannabis is in the Weeds
By Anne Alvarez A ban on medical marijuana dispensaries introduced by Councilmember Jose Huizar was approved by the Los Angeles City Council committee on May 29 and final voting was to take […]
Ray Bradbury – Martian and Venetian: Gone with the Transit of Venus
By Jim Smith On June 5, I was peering through Chuck Bloomquist’s telescope in his front yard as a tiny black dot – actually the size of the Earth – slowly made […]
Ray Bradbury and the Free Monorail System
Ray Bradbury may have had his head in the sky for The Martian Chronicles and other amaz- ing stories set on other worlds and dimensions, but he knew a good thing here […]
“Make all those poor people go away, Daddy!”
By Mary Getlein Well, sweetness, we are doing the best we can – we’ve made it illegal to sit in the sand after midnight – that probably gets rid of a bunch […]
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