Capitalism is the cause of climate illness! Global Movement begins the cure! By Ron Ridenour Presenting the People’s Agreement—“mother earth does not belong to us, we belong to it”—worldwide was the first […]
Full version: Saving Mother Earth An Eyewitness Account of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Beach Chair Reading
By Jack Neworth Summer is coming. I can tell by all the weight loss commercials urging us lemmings to get in shape for beach season. Fat chance. (Pun intended.) It’s the beach, […]
Swami X Speaks
When you get to 84, the urgency to get laid dramatically diminishes. Not to suggest I no longer fully appreciate the warmth, sensitivity, intelligence, wit, wiles and charm of a full-grown woman; […]
Poetry
Beyond Palatable – Roger Linnett The Man! – Essembe Sone Massoua Do I Really Care? – krista schwimmer For Dr. John – Mary Getlein Vanishing – Sherman Pearl How will it be? […]
SPARC and Beyond Baroque Host Event for Cuban Political Prisoner and Artist
By Diana Block How do you break through the 12-year blockade of silence that has kept five Cuban political prisoners invisible to the American public? How can art transcend U.S. prison walls […]
Friend or Foe? Food Trucks on Abbot Kinney Blvd.
By C.J. Gronner So … we all need to have a little chat. How do you feel about the Mobile Food Vendor trucks that swarm into Venice each First Friday (and lots of […]
BEACHHEAD EXCLUSIVE: Settlement Reached in Overnight Parking Lawsuit
Negotiators for the Coastal Commission, the city of Los Angeles and Mark Ryavec’s “Venice Stakeholders Association” have reached a tentative agreement on a lawsuit concerning the Coastal Commission’s right to regulate overnight parking […]
Rosendahl’s “Carrot and Stick” means a knock on the door at 5 am
By Rune Girschfeld In his April 14th letter, L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl laid out his “carrot and stick” approach to people who are unlawfully sleeping in their vehicles on Venice city […]
Councilmember Rosendahl’s Letter on OPDs and the Venice Surplus Property Fund
Dear Friends, I am writing to update you on one of the most contentious issues in Venice — the proliferation of homeless people living in cars and campers. For the last couple […]
Gardens of Gratitude Dig It in Venice
By Joey Marie Soto Last weekend 170 volunteers installed 66 edible gardens at neighbors’ homes, schools, businesses, churches and one rehab center. Gardens of Gratitude just had it’s second annual event. This group, […]
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