By Roxanne Brown The Beachhead has been updating readers since April 2013 on some of the absurd developments that Mayor Eric Garcetti’s administration and Councilman Mike Bonin’s office seem to be approving […]
Update: Kim’s Market, Gjelina’s Gjusta, and Sauce (259 Hampton) Appeal Hearing
The Illusion of Crime and Enforcement of Poverty
By Mark Lipman A lot has been said in the chat-rooms of Venice regarding “crime” in our community. It’s no coincidence that every single incident of “crime” that is cherry-picked to report […]
Bird Totems of Venice: The Gull
By Krista Schwimmer If there is one seabird that defines a shoreline, it is the gull. Prolific, noisy, pesky and personable, the gull appears in a variety of cultures as hero, trickster, […]
Bringing Home The Beachhead
By Brenda Harvey This is a re-print from the April 1978 100th edition It is 10:30 at night and we are exhausted and waiting to pick up a borrowed truck to drive […]
The Beachhead and Me
By Suzy Williams September 11, 2011. Everyone I know had a big reaction to the falling of the World Trade Towers. Paranoia. One dear friend became completely unhinged. Heightened patriotism. A lot […]
A Reminiscence
By Jim Zane I was part of the Beachhead collective for a 14 to 16 month period that spanned the end of 1972 through the first few months of 1974. I remember […]
My Mom, Anna Haag-Ricci
Anna Haag-Ricci was born in Rome, Italy, on January 18, 1936. She grew up in Rome and spent the years during World War II in a small village called Agriano, Umbria, also […]
Poetry
The People’s Doge of Venice – By Jim Smith Hybrids – By Mary Getlein Two Thousand to Twelve – By Ronald Keith McKinley My Pain Is Never Borrowed – By Krista Schwimmer […]
As Venice Falls, Who Will Hear Her Appeal?
By Krista Schwimmer Demolition after demolition. Monstrosity after monstrosity. The hyper-gentrification of Venice continues its ugly march. Homes that are over-sized, out-of-character, and illegal are mushrooming on Brooks, in Oakwood, and other, […]
Get That Filthy Rag Out Of My Yard!
By Carol Fondiller This is a re-print from the April 1978 100th edition The Free Venice Beachhead. My funny Valentine. Your columns not so straight. Shaky grammar. Earnest, pompous, sincere, mistaken, precise, […]
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