By Lance Diskan The first Venice neighborhood meeting I went to – 1968 – there she was. When I visited Venice to celebrate our Centennial in 2005, there she was. For us, […]

By Lynne Bronstein She called herself the Harpy, Essie LaYenta, and numerous other soubriquets. She was also known as Carol Berman via a former husband’s surname. When one of her Beachhead articles […]

This is so shocking and upsetting. Carol was so unique and an incredible fighter for economic and social justice. It would be important to include in any description of her life the […]

By Jim Smith I can’t remember when I first met Carol. It may have been at a Venice Town Council meeting in the 1970s. I do remember that, to me, Carol was […]

By Ravi Kristin A true Old Venice Icon has died. Carol Fondiller and I had a relationship that goes back to the early “70s.  When I cooked at the Meatless Messhall she […]

By Chuck and Terry Bloomquist We didn’t know Carol well enough to write even a sketchy obituary. We have, however, known her and loved her forever, or so it seems. We would […]

The collective was small and close knit in the early 70s, and working with Carol, Peter, Jim, Milton, Roy, Gordon, JoAnne and Linda, was a tough but rewarding time. Every story was […]