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 […]
The Great L.A./Venice Oil Heist
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, […]
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 […]
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