By erica snowlake For those who get around our fair city on bike and by foot, the diversity of front-yard and street-facing landscaping is remarkable to behold. Equally functional and eccentrically artistic, […]
Xeriscaping in Venice
In Memory of Dr. John Michel
Dear Doctor John – Arturo I have known Dr. John for 17 years – Catherine Andrews Dr. John has left us – Enyaj and family Peace and Love – Linda Lu Dr. […]
Back to the 60s at Surfing Cowboys
By C.J. Gronner The front of Surfing Cowboys is painted with a sign that says “Purveyors of Beach Culture & California Lifestyle” and that pretty much sums it up. Owners Wayne & […]
Book Review: The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama
Review by Jack Neworth For those born before the time period known as the Sixties or for those who lived through the decade but whose memories have faded from time (or psychedelics) […]
Swami X Speaks
People have been asking – What’s it all mean? – forever, which is how long we’ve been around. People who know, know. Those who don’t, turn on television. I’m convinced we’re all essentially […]
Poetry
Dr. John Michel – Catherine Andrews Mayan Birds – Karl Abrams Dead Poets – krista schwimmer Hippos – Lulu Camone Calling All Metaphors – Jim Smith Graffiti – John David West Historic […]
A Venice Woman copes with raising a child, living in an RV, and the dreaded “sweeps”
By Rune Girshfeld The police have been sounding out the possibilities for “sweeping” the streets since last October. October 21, 2009 was the first instance in which I personally heard usage of […]
Holiday Venice tenants ask Obama administration to help them buy the apartment buildings
By Lydia Poncé Residents of Oakwood’s 15 low-income buildings known as Holiday Venice Apartments, and community members, packed the Annex Room at Oakwood Park, Feb. 23, to hear what Carol Galante Assistant […]
Letters
Is anyone else out there? – Mary Getelin Oakwood Park – Laddie Williams Police Sweep the Beach – Mark Lipman ———— Is anyone else out there? Dear Beachhead, A young man I […]
In Brief
Environmentalists versus Playa Vista It ain’t over, ‘til it’s over, might have been coined to describe the nearly 30 year fight to preserve the Ballona wetlands. The latest round began Feb. 24 […]
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