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 – […]
Poetry
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, […]
Letters
Albert Vera – Arnold Springer Vending on Ocean Front Walk – Della Franco Free Speech on Ocean Front Walk – Therese Dietlin ———- Albert Vera Dear Beachhead, Albert Vera died last week […]
Planes Over Venice, or Santa Monica?
By Laura Silagi, Stephanie Body, Ingrid Mueller, Joan Miner and Mindy Taylor-Ross. Santa Monica residents have received a lot of press lately about the FAA test flight path of a few propeller […]
How Venice Voted
This review of how Venice voted carries on a Beachhead tradition established by Arnold Springer many years ago. These are semi-final results of the June 8 election. The final results can be […]
Is Real Independence for Venice Possible?
By Jim Smith Venice A dream so sublime A fate so unfair What more can be said about Venice after 105 years? Venice has nearly everything: a beautiful beach, a great climate, walk […]
Obscure Facts About Venice
Venice was incorporated as a city, not in 1905, but on Feb. 17, 1904. The original name for the city was not Venice, but Ocean Park. Today, Ocean Park is the name […]
Support Building for Japanese Internment Memorial at Venice and Lincoln Boulevards
A campaign promoted by the Beachhead since 2002 is gaining new supporters. At a meeting of the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) Board, June 15, a slide show was presented, two former internees […]
Remarks of Former Internee Arnold Maeda to the Venice Neighborhood Council
I was born in Santa Monica, in 1926 and have lived in Mar Vista since 1958. I am here this evening to voice my support for the MARKER project sponsored by various […]
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