Street life on Abbot Kinney Last month, city inspectors banned tables and chairs from the sidewalks on Abbot Kinney Blvd. around California Avenue. At least one merchant was ticketed. Here’s how the […]
Street life on Abbot Kinney
Battle of the Beach Curfew
By John Davis In 1998 the City Joint Powers Agreement with the County of Los Angeles to operate City beaches, parking lots, and Dockweiler State Park expired. The State Park and beach […]
County Steals Venice’s Beach
By John Davis Around 1999 former Councilperson Ruth Galanter began work to finish a Local Coastal Program (LCP) for Venice, a focused planning process that involved the community in hearings that were […]
Deconstructing the Current Tax Cut Squabble
By Roger Linnett The Bush-era tax cuts are about to expire, as they were designed to, at the end of 2010. President Obama has proposed extending the current tax rates only for […]
Election: Propositions, Where to Vote
Prop 19 – Legalize Marijuana YES End prohibition. It didn’t work with whiskey, and the herb is a less dangerous drug than alcohol. Prop 20 – Congressional Redistricting YES […]
Election: VOTE for Lisa Green for State Assembly
The Beachhead doesn’t make many candidate endorsements, but when a Venice activist runs we can’t sit on the sidelines. Lisa Green (her last name and her political party) is an advocate for […]
Two Views of the Other Venice Film Festival: Opening Night
By Jim Smith The Other Venice Film Festival is not like any film festival you might have attended or heard about. It is informal and casual. Except for a few extremely high […]
Two Views of the Other Venice Film Festival: Soccermom: The Movie
By CJ Gronner The weekend was another one of those gloomy, mist all day scenarios, which actually made it perfect to tuck inside and catch some film. As The Other Venice Film […]
Beyond Baroque, Venice’s Unique Poetry Center
By Harry E. Northup In 1968, an article appeared in the Santa Monica Outlook about the opening of Beyond Baroque, a literary center on West Washington in Venice. It announced that there […]
Swami X Speaks
Some question the existence of God when they have yet to comprehend the reality of themselves. Hows about that?!? Ignorance is the villian. You can’t take it personal. Go with the flow […]
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