Sponto – Gina Graham Heroic Story – maryjanie ———— Sponto Dear Beachhead, Infinite thanks to your pub for the front page, top shelf stories about Sponto. I knew him 15 years ago, when […]
Letters
Venice Affordable Housing Fight Goes to Washington
By Mark Lipman On Friday March 20, approximately 100 low income tenants and community organizers from the Holiday Venice apartments, also known as Breeze Del Mar, the largest block of affordable housing […]
Residents fight back against S.M. Airport
By Karl Abrams The intolerable noise and sickening jet fuel pollution coming from thousands upon thousands of private jets taking off and landing at the Santa Monica airport yearly has pushed residents […]
Beachhead Women Writers Rock Out at Beyond Baroque
By Krista Schwimmer On March 8th, as part of the day long celebration of International Women’s Day, the Beachhead presented readings from past and current women writers of the Beachhead at Venice’s […]
New Music Venue in Venice – The Stronghold
By Carol Gronner Did you know there’s a new live music venue on Abbot Kinney Boulevard? You may not. I didn’t. But I think that’s about to change. You can’t have as […]
3 Super-Simple Social Speedways To Save The Earth!
By Amy Dewhurst We’ve all heard the slogans “Earth Day Everyday” but for those of us lucky enough to live in this beautiful beach side city, where the bulk of our activities […]
President Obama and Mr. Abajo
By Jim Smith Down (abajo) goes the economy. In comes Barack Obama. Can he charm the economy into reviving? Is he embracing Corporate America while turning his back on the left-leaning people […]
Three Things You Can Do Right Now To Help Homeless People
By Peggy Lee Kennedy 1. Fight NIMBYism. A NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) is a person who does not want poor or homeless people helped or housed in their neighborhood. Do […]
Venice Carnevale Is Coming!
Carnevale! Venice Beach is celebrating its 7th year on Saturday, June 6th at Windward Ave. and Ocean Front Walk. Artists will have the chance to win the prestigious Venice Carnevale Poster Contest […]
Swami X Speaks
It’s not only constructive to tell people they’re insane, especially when they are…dangerous; and it is a challenge to guess the direction, degree and destiny of their insanity. The origin is obviously […]
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