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 […]
Evicted Family Camps Out At Former Home
By CJ Gronner The Gonzalez family had lived at 1033 Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice since 1953, when it was still called West Washington Boulevard. Mr. Gon- zalez worked hard as a […]
Everything is Normal in Venice
By CJ Gronner I was in project mode one recent Saturday, and found myself poking around in Lincoln Hardware, getting ready to paint a chair bright red. I looked up from my […]
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