Hi Beachhead, My name is Courtney. I’m an artist. Mostly I can be seen creating black and white doodles, sitting on milk crates on the sidewalk of Abbot Kinney Blvd. My doodling […]
Letters
Tree Massacre at Oxford Lagoon
By Charlotte Purein On December 31, 2014, 650 trees were sawed to the ground at the Oxford Lagoon. The 94-space city parking lot that borders the Oxford Lagoon is slated as the building site for 114 units (none […]
Sewer Project Broken
By John Davis City Councilperson Mike Bonin and County Supervisor Don Knabe should be greatly concerned about the proposed Sewer Main Project in Venice and Marina del Rey. Both the City and […]
The Politics of Painting Pagodas
By Krista Schwimmer There are many features on Ocean Front Walk that define its essence. Among the most noteworthy are the pagodas or pergolas, as they were first called. Clustered together like […]
Je Suis Beachhead; Charlie Hebdo: Not So Much
By Jim Smith This month, the Free Venice Beachhead celebrates the publication of its 400th issue and the opening of an on-line archive of every page and every issue we ever published. […]
Update: Kim’s Market, Gjelina’s Gjusta, and Sauce (259 Hampton) Appeal Hearing
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 […]
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 […]
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