No it’s not an April Fools Day joke. The 40-year-old independent newspaper, the Marina del Rey Argonaut, has been sold to a newspaper chain, Southland Publishing, Incorporated. The Argonaut was founded by […]
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Where’s the Transparency? – L.A. Confidential
By Jim Smith When City Controller Candidate Cary Brazeman expressed shock that the city of Los Angeles was corrupt, I was reminded of the scene in the film, Casablanca, when Inspector Renault […]
Plantations of Prisons – California’s Biggest Crop
By Mary Getlein Jason stood before us, a 30-year-old Latino man. He was here to tell his story of growing up in East L.A. and how he met Javier Stauring, who changed […]
The War Against Women
By Jack Neworth Women of Venice (actually, all across the country) it’s time to wake up as decades of progress are about to be rolled back. At the risk of sounding like […]
The More Things Change…Carol Fondiller Strikes Back from the Archives, March 1985 – Wombs: Property of the State?
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 […]
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
A conversation With Darryl Cherney, Earth First! Activist And Producer Of Daring New Documentary: Who Bombed Judi Bari? By Margot Pepper Before global warming permeated contemporary consciousness, Earth First! activists Judi Bari […]
Venice Observes 70th Anniversary of Horrific Incarceration of Venice Japanese-Americans With Memorial Event and Hama Suchi Fundraiser
By Phillis Hayashibara Esther Chaing, proprietar of Venice’s oldest sushi restaurant, Hama Sushi at the Venice Traffic Circle, will host three fundraisers at her restaurant on April 25 on behalf of the […]
Celebrate the Coming of the Marker
A permanent monument commemorating the incarceration of a thousand local Japanese-Americans during World War II will not be istalled on the 70th anniversary, April 25, despite high hopes of many Venetians. Instead […]
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 […]
Armed Guards at Whole Foods
By M.A. von Pfeiffer I’ve shopped at Whole Foods stores across the country and I’ve always enjoyed them. I’m willing to pay a bit more for my food in order to have […]
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