By Carol Fondiller I’m holding a picket sign again, my feet hurt again, and people look past the sign that I picked up from a pile of signs, something about abortion being […]
Big Wheel Keeps on Rollin’ – Over Venice Residents
By Greta Cobar Do Venetians want a ferris wheel installed in Windward Plaza, between the police substation and the skate park? Judging by the emotional comments made by Venetians at the March […]
The Coverup continues – Book Review: Watergate – A Novel
By Jim Smith We live in a world shaped by history. It is hard to escape our personal history – parents, aunts, uncles – and others who want to shape us in […]
Zev Comes to Venice
By Anne Alvarez Have you ever wanted to ask a city official: “Can you provide an accurate accounting of the money generated by the City-Owned, County-Operated parking Spaces in Venice – and […]
Fighting back against a faceless bureaucracy
By Jim Smith Nancy Williamson lives a few blocks from the Venice Post Office. For the past 10 years she has visited the building several times a week. “I’ve never gone into […]
Google says “No comment” to 5,000 Venice Employees
By Greta Cobar When recently asked about the rumor that they plan to buy the building currently housing Gold’s Gym and increase the number of employees to 5000, Google’s response was “no […]
Metro Bus #733 Adds Stop at Abbot Kinney and Venice Blvds.
By Roger Linnett When the Metro Rapid #733 bus line began last year it stopped at the corner of Venice Blvd. and Venice Way as did the Local #33. Then last fall […]
Wild and Peaceful – The Ivory Queen of Soul
By Ronald K. Mc Kinley Mary Christine Brockert, known as Teena Marie, was born in Santa Monica and spent her early childhood in Mission Hills. Later she moved with her family to […]
Do we have Women’s Equality now?
Women’s Earnings as a Percentage of Men’s in 2009: 77% (down from 77.8% in 2007) Percentage of women in each group: U.S. Population (2010 Census): 50.8% U.S. Senate: 17% House of Representatives: […]
You Probably Never Heard of the Most Influential Woman of the 20th Century
By Roger Linnett What woman would you say had the biggest influence on 20th Century America? Susan B. Anthony? Eleanor Roosevelt? Rosa Parks? Marilyn Monroe? Helen Gurley Brown? Gloria Steinem? Jacqueline Kennedy? […]
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