By Brian Connolly I’ve been supporting the rights of the un-housed as a political activist who dresses like John Lennon, pitching my tent overnight at different events, and then going back to […]
On Being Homeless in Venice…
Our Oldest Mural Is Gone
By Greta Cobar The owner of the building housing the oldest surviving mural in Venice destroyed the mural without consulting the community or the artist who painted it. Located on Brooks at […]
A New Chapter in the History of Muralism in Los Angeles LA City Council approves new city-wide mural ordinance
By Suzanne Thompson, Co-Founder, Venice Arts Council and Chair, Endangered Art Fund In 2011 former Councilmember Rosendahl, CD 11, had proposed taking murals out of the signage ordinance and create a mural […]
Letters
Dear Beahhead, Thank you Beachhead and Greta Cobar for the interview with Emily Winters. I have known Emily since I came to the Beachhead Collective in the late 1970s. Her art and […]
Cindy Sheehan Runs for Governor
By Karl Abrams Gold Star Mother and social justice activist Cindy Sheehan arrived by bicycle at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Aug. 27, to announce her candidacy for the 2014 California Gubernatorial election […]
Coastal Commission Reform, the First Step
By John Davis Newly Proposed legislation would provide badly needed enhanced fining authority to the Coastal Commission. Protecting a coastline hundreds of miles long, with rivers that cut through mountains and across […]
Third Annual Venice Community Sleep-Out
By Mary Getlein The third annual Venice sleep-out went on without a hitch. Beyond Baroque lawn was filled with tents and people sleeping, talking, laughing, and eating. The performance stage was filled […]
LAPD in the Spotlight for Racial Profiling
By Mark Lipman Something that the Los Angeles Police Department really doesn’t like is when the people know their rights. It was just after midnight, on the 24/25th of August, a Saturday […]
CA Prison Strike Exposes US Domestic Torture
By Anthony Castillo At the same time that mostly innocent prisoners at Guantaamo Bay are being force fed after going on hunger strikes to protest their hopeless, indefinite detentions, here in CA, prison inmates […]
Increase Safety by Banning Police Cars on OFW
By Greta Cobar Plastic bollards that lay flat on the ground when a car touches them will not stop anyone determined to drive down Ocean Front Walk. Several such bollards that have […]
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