By Krista Schwimmer The superstitious believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. One reason is because King Philip IV ordered Jacques de Molay and theFrench Templars to be simultaneously arrested […]
California Coastal Commission’s Decision to Demolish 8 Homes Demoralizes Venice
Bonin Walks From Meeting
By Mary Getlein A community meeting was held on June 18th, at the Boys and Girl’s Club in Venice. It was hosted by “Venice Life” to discuss the “livability” of Venice. The […]
A Historytelling: Last Run
by Delores Hanney Research by Samara Jacobs It was ghastly! Young race guy around town, Hal Shain, was zooming along with an alarming absence of due diligence, even by daredevil standards. As […]
The Raft
By Cal Porter Poling a raft down a waterway to get to school? Sounds like something right out of Mark Twain. Maybe Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer did it. But in more […]
John Johnson of Change-Links will be missed
By Clay Claiborne It seems like forever that whenever the first of the month rolled around I would be looking forward to new issues of two local papers that weren’t very thick […]
A Parade Was Planned
By John Johnson This is a re-print from the July 1969 Beachhead What could have uplifted the spirit of a besieged community more than a Fourth of July Independence celebration? A day […]
& Cancelled
By Jane Gordon This is a re-print from the July 1969 Beachhead Thursday started after an all-night rap session among the parade organizers. We had been getting steadily more reports and rumors […]
Batman of Venice
By Krista Schwimmer On the evening of Friday the 13th, I was home alone, preparing to take a delicious, soothing bath – (yes, I do know there’s a drought going on – […]
Wild and Wonderful Windward
By Marty Liboff When I tell people I grew up on the Ocean Front they always say, “You must have seen a lot changes?!” Well, I sure have … I will write […]
A Song to Abbot Kinney’s Venice
Me and Polly Are gonna ride the trolly To the Venice pier. Abbot Kinney will be there At his magical fair With Charlie Chaplin & Laurel & Hardy There’s always a party […]
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