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 […]
Is Real Independence for Venice Possible?
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 […]
Take Me For A Sea Cruise
By CJ Gronner Maybe it’s because of all the horror of the Gulf Oil Spill down South, but it seems to me that people here in California are getting a lot more […]
WHEN VENICE STOPPED A (POLICE) RIOT BY STOPPING A PARADE
By Carol Fondiller The Establishment Parade vs. the “People’s Parade” but first, background. Background is all. I remember the parade that didn’t happen in Venice. Those nasty un-patriotic beer swilling pot smoking […]
Poetry
Everyday is Christmas – In Venice – Tina Catalina Corcoran Living in Venice – Mary Getlein Venice as Mecca, Jerusalem – John Haag The Sounds of Venice – Abigail Templeton Dennis Hopper […]
Swami Speaks
Compassion is accessible when we realize there are different levels of Consciousness embodied in the Absolute Cosmic Consciousness that is God. Everything is the manifestation of God. Every manifest creation is the […]
The Oil Spill and the Green Revolution
By Stephen Fiske Historical paradigm shifts occur when a critical mass has coalesced, born out of a movement embracing a new idea, a new consciousness. Examples of this are the Women’s Suffrage […]
Warning: Pensions in Peril
By DeDe Audet Articles in CityWatch (an online newsletter circulated among Neighborhood Council Coalition members) about pension planning engage my interest, but often reach above my ability to understand. It appears that […]
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