By Anthony Castillo When I first heard the news of Lou Reed’s passing I said to myself “not Lou!” As you age you expect your rock n’ roll heroes to fall. But […]
Remembering Lou Reed, a Rock n’ Roll Animal
Poetry
1963 (The year the real America died) – by Ronald K. Mc Kinley Miss Suzy – A Love Song – by Mary Getlein Cosmic Grandeurs and Warfare – by Laura Shepard Townsend […]
Assault of a Neighborhood
By Laura Shepard Townsend I saw they took the roof off Elinore Crawford’s house today. Oh, it’s only a house, I tell myself, but I know how much love Elinore poured into […]
It Takes A Village … To Keep It A Village
By CJ Gronner I have to admit, I’d never attended a LUPC (Land Use and Planning Committee) meeting in Venice before October 2nd. I, like my friends and neighbors, was compelled to […]
Using Art in the Struggle for Social Justice
By Eric Ahlberg The intrepid Venice Beachhead reporters went over to the new offices of the Center For The Study of Political Graphics (CSPG), where Venice Artist Carol Wells and her colleagues […]
Letters
Dear Beachhead, Thank you for your articles on our murals! The original 15c wash and the 5c dry mural was so famous that anyone who wanted to be anyone came to be […]
Calling on Venetians to get on board the Airport-to-Park Train!
By Martin Rubin Although the City of Santa Monica owns and operates Santa Monica Airport (SMO), we Angelenos experience most of SMO noise and air pollution. Is there anything we can do […]
Plane Crash: One More Reason to Close Santa Monica Airport
By Greta Cobar A private jet carrying four people and three pets crashed at landing into a hangar on the side of the runway at Santa Monica airport. If the hangar wasn’t […]
Menotti’s Coffee Stop Opens On Windward
By CJ Gronner Way back in the day, there was Menotti’s Bar on Windward. Then came the Prohibition Era, and it became Menotti’s “Buffet”, a little grocery store to serve as cover […]
Zipline Leaves Juan Smelling BS
By Greta Cobar Following their promise to leave only footprints, Flightlinez removed the two towers supporting the zipline and are in the process of restoring the grass that was uprooted when the […]

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