By Roxanne Brown As so many embrace the short-term rental (STR) sharing economy, here’s what I’ve experienced as a resident living with it. I know a single mother who is renting a […]
SHARING ECONOMY with POTEMKIN WALLS and FALSE MARKET RATES
Racism Alive and Well in Venice
By Greta Cobar In this day and age, and especially here in Venice, we would like to think that the last thing we would witness would be a socio-economic, racist hate crime. […]
Confessions of X Swami X
10-02 2012 This text was intended to be revealed after my last hand was dealt. After my ashes were sprinkled on a bench in a park in Las Vegas, the capitol of […]
Swami X Has Left the Building
by: Jack Neworth The Venice Boardwalk is the second most visited international tourist destination in Southern California, right behind Disneyland. But in the late 1960’s the boardwalk was practically desolate. But when […]
Letter: LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
Dear Beachhead LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST -as told to Chee Wah Wah seagull- written anonymously out of fear. I was hanging out one evening by the pagoda on Dudley […]
Venice: Find Your Champions
by Krista Schwimmer In both residential and commercial places, “Venice Proud” blue and white signs are posted. The Outreach Committee of the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) created this slogan in 2014 to […]
Progress is a Train…
Bonin’s Plan for Ice Rink on Venice Beach is Back! Again!
Water is life; water is sacred. by Lydia Ponce CD11 Representative Bonin refuses to cease and simply give up the excessive and arrogant idea to put an ice skating rink at the […]
Bonin & VNC Support Demolition Derby
By Michael Wamback, photos by Michael Wamback Council Member Mike Bonin and the Venice Neighborhood Council, in an ongoing effort to provide quality entertainment for tourists flocking to Venice, have authorized a […]
In Loving Memory of Monae Lei Momi Hromadko January 8, 1990 – September 15, 2015
The Princess of Venice, one of the most popular and adored ladies of Venice, has sadly left us. Many of us have had many of our days brightened by her big, bright, joyful and […]
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