By Greta Cobar Around thirty beautiful Venetians got together on Sunday, July 25, to take back the old City Hall, currently Beyond Baroque, and Venice Cityhood as well. What would it be […]
Venice Cityhood Drive Kicked Off
Two Views of RV Living – Lisa Green
By Lisa Green At the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC), July 20, Officer Peggy Thusing, stated, “The Oversized Vehicle Ordinance (OVO) will be implemented on streets in Venice where we’ve tried for years […]
Two Views of RV Living – Bill Rosendahl
By Bill Rosendahl We are making progress on a groundbreaking program to deal with the issue of people living in their vehicles in Council District 11. As many of you know, city […]
The Great L.A./Venice Oil Heist
By Patrick McCartney Research by Arnold Springer, Charles Feick and Moe Stavnezer. (Originally published in the Feb. 1985 Beachhead) The oil site the City of Los Angeles leased out in 1964 on […]
Adventures at the Eco-Fest
By C.J. Gronner July 10 saw Venice become even greener than normal, with the 2010 Venice Eco-Fest setting up shop down at the Boardwalk & Windward. It’s L.A.’s largest free outdoor green […]
Getting Around Venice
By Jim Smith Most of use spend the majority of our time outside our houses on the streets and in the buildings of Venice. The exceptions are those who use Venice as a […]
Swami X Speaks
If God is perfect, and I’m not saying she isn’t, why would she have the need or desire to create, project, manifest a phenomenal, limited world. The only thing I can come […]
Poetry
Ballona Wetlands – Sharon Soeller Plath Moon, Bukowski Night – Krista Schwimmer Oil Babble – Shanna Baldwin Moore The Lords of the Earth – Jim Smith Onymous #7, Spell Against Enchantment – […]
A Day at the Beach with the Coastal Board
By Jim Smith The California Coastal Commission began discussing Venice permit parking around 4 pm, after hours of hearing testimony from Venetians who overwhelmingly opposed the scheme. At first, I had trouble […]
Testimony to the Coastal Commission
My name is Mary Getlein. I’ve lived in Venice since 1971. One question I have is since people are being arrested for being on the beach at those hours, those nighttime hours, […]
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