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Blogs
April 8, 2013
Raven Furlong, Missing Teen, Found In Venice; Family Alleges 'Trafficking' In Case
Raven Furlong, a missing Colorado teen, was found safe in Venice over the weekend, her family reported. The 17-year-old went missing Feb. 5 and was believed to be in Venice, where her car was found last month. Her family suspected foul play. But ...
Blogs
March 19, 2013
Raven Furlong, Aspiring Teen Model Gone Missing, Spotted In SoCal, Might Be With Man
An aspiring underage model from Colorado has gone missing after spending time in Venice, but folks in the know say she might have been spotted in Southern California today, not long after her car was found in the beach community yesterday. A source close to the family of Raven Cassidy Furlong told ... More >>
Eat+Drink
February 28, 2013
Superba Snack Bar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013
An aspiring underage model from Colorado has gone missing after spending time in Venice, but folks in the know say she might have been spotted in Southern California today, not long after her car was found in the beach community yesterday. A source close to the family of Raven Cassidy Furlong told ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2013
5 Places to Eat and Drink While Avoiding the Super Bowl Drinking at Disneyland!
Not all of us were swaddled in Lakers jerseys straight from the womb or outfited in 49ers onesies as toddlers. There are plenty amongst the sports fanatics who dread play-by-plays at parties and worry about their job security when everyone is raving about rankings around the proverbial water cooler. ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2012
The 5 Things You Need To Know About Superba Snack Bar
This week's restaurant review examines Superba Snack Bar in Venice. Here are a few details from the review, plus some extra info on the service and logistics of the Rose Ave. restaurant. Vibe: One of Superba's great strengths is the atmosphere they've managed to create, fitting right into the neigh ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Oscar Duncan: Venice Murder on Santa Clara Avenue
A 23-year-old was fatally gunned down only a few blocks from trendy Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice last night, according to Twitter reports. The website Yo! Venice! ID'd the victim as Oscar "ChoirBoy" Duncan, who was described as a youth minister who had attended Venice High School and volunteere ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Venice Bum-Haters Post List of Homeless-Advocate Addresses, Call It 'Guide to Safe Camping Locations'
The debate over how to curb/contain the homeless population in Venice has been tearing the community apart for years. Homeless advocates argue that the street people have owned Venice far longer than the arty millionaires. But some residents aren't down to pay skyrocketing rents while RVs dump huma ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Artisanal Foods at Venice Meet on Saturday
When you think "arts and crafts fair," items such as knit scarves, handmade soap, greeting cards and doilies may come to mind. The Venice Meet, happening for the first time this Saturday, April 7, in Venice from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is expanding that idea to include food, too. Not typical festival far ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Sex-Crazed Cities: Venice, Santa Monica, West Hollywood on Top
If you have ever lived in Venice, then you know the stinky couple upstairs likes to get it on. And those two lovers aren't shy about their patchouli oil or their volume, either. It's like living next to a porn studio. Yeah. Turns out the folks at dating site Chemistry.com noticed the noise too. ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Valerie Nash Commits Suicide by Chainsaw at Her Palms Townhouse
Multiple units from the LAPD's Pacific Division responded to a call just after midnight that could have been a scene from The Chainsaw Massacre. Though the incident was initially reported as a "possible murder" (according to Venice 311, who tracks the police scanner 24/7), investigators later found ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Venice Beach Might Get Nation's First 'Great Observation Wheel'
The $1.5 million Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier is going to look like a hamster wheel next to this thing. It's called a "Great Observation Wheel," and it's manufactured by British company Great City Attractions. Models in Asia, Australia and Europe are up to 60 metes in diameter and generall ... More >>
News
January 26, 2012
We Open in Venice
The $1.5 million Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier is going to look like a hamster wheel next to this thing. It's called a "Great Observation Wheel," and it's manufactured by British company Great City Attractions. Models in Asia, Australia and Europe are up to 60 metes in diameter and generall ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Venice Shooting Behind Whole Foods: Young Victim in Hospital, Gunman on the Loose
Cops congregate under the iconic Lincoln & Rose mural at Whole Foods. A shooting around sundown, in a dark back-alley near 7th and Rose -- just behind Venice's fancy Whole Foods shopping hub -- left one unidentified man with a gunshot wound to the torso. More than a dozen LAPD investigators ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
Westside Gang War? Innocent Teens, Father Shot in Del Rey: Feud Between Venice Gangsters, Culver City Boyz Suspected
Google MapDel Rey (not Mar Vista).A man, his son, and his son's girlfriend were wounded in a gang-related shooting in Del Rey over the weekend that might be tied to what appears to be an ongoing feud between Venice gangsters and their rivals, the Culver City Boyz. The attack outside Bill's L ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Venice Residents Still Fuming Over Santa Monica Airport's Self-Serving Flight Pattern
New York Times, circa 2007Still annoying.Update: L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl says he has some tricks up his sleeve to possibly take down the airport before 2015. Also, he calls it "a health emergency for the lungs of my people." More drama below. Originally posted October 18 at 12:50 ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Larry Bell Gets a Restaurant, Larry's, Where the Opening was a Pacific Standard Time Reunion
Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Chris Burden: Dead Man and a Hot Dog Stand
Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>
Calendar
September 22, 2011
Let's Get Sacred
Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Santa Monica Street Sign Directs Large Vehicles to Park in Next-Door Venice Instead
Yo! VeniceDon't even think about it.Neighborhood forum Yo! Venice has riled up some longstanding anti-Santa Monica sentiments today with a photo of a "No Parking" notice at the corner of Ozone Avenue and Seventh Street (see right). Bret, the forum's administrator, notes that the signage was ... More >>
News
August 25, 2011
Clamor Over Venice 311
Yo! VeniceDon't even think about it.Neighborhood forum Yo! Venice has riled up some longstanding anti-Santa Monica sentiments today with a photo of a "No Parking" notice at the corner of Ozone Avenue and Seventh Street (see right). Bret, the forum's administrator, notes that the signage was ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
L.A. Superior Court Blocks Venice From Running Sewer Pipe Under County-Owned Marina Del Rey
pbase.comWhat we imagine the Venice Beach pipe might be looking like, right about now.The hodge-podge of jurisdictions along the L.A. County coastline is pitting local governments (and their constituents) against each other once again -- this time, over a crappy old sewer pipeline running fro ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Venice Marijuana Doctors Told to Stop Luring Customers on Boardwalk With Human Hawkers
Jake SlagleWeed and the beach -- the perfect mix.These peddlers have more moxie than the guys being paid to get you inside a Tijuana strip-club. They hang out on the Venice boardwalk and call out that the doctor's in if you need a medical marijuana prescription from your friendly, nearby cann ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
Steve and Alex Olson, Skateboarding Father-Son Team, Hit the Paint in Venice (Video)
Tibby RothmanAlex Olson on deck. If skaters in Venice, California, now have a skatepark to themselves, it's still illegal to hit the decks in Venice, Italy. But on June 6, the iconic skateboarder Steve Olson, a pro-skater since he was a teenager in the 1970s, and his son Alex, whose low-key r ... More >>
News
June 9, 2011
Tattoo Parlor Sting in Venice
How the feds inked and nabbed villains as Venizens remained oblivious
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Venice 13 Gang Busted for Drugs, Guns by Sting Operation Posing as 'Villainz Ink' Tattoo Parlor
Villainz Ink: Come for a tat, leave with criminal charges!Ever make a trip to Villainz Ink in Venice? If so, as revealed this morning by the L.A. office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, you had the honor of standing in a federal booby trap. Thanks to the sting ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2011
Venice Beach Violence -- Shooting, Stabbing, Fighting -- Prompts LAPD to Send in The Troops Ahead of Summer
Tony Vera / YouTubeAnother day, another ambulance on the beach in Venice.Looks like the LAPD is sending in the troops following at least three weekends of violence on and near the beach in Venice, including a stabbing last weekend and a shooting the weekend before that. Pacific Division lead ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Marijuana Dispensary in Venice Called 'Kush Doctor' Raided by Authorities on 4/20
TwitVideoNo holiday in Venice.Updated with three locations hit by authorities -- after the jump. You would think authorities in L.A. would just let stoners have their holiday in this here pot shop capital of the nation. But no. LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman tells the Weekly that cops are serv ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Ed Ruscha, L.A. Pop Art Legend, Forced Out of Venice Studio for City's 'Parking Good'
Gone, 1992Sorry, Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha has left the building. The saddest part is, we hardly heard him go. Two years after an initial media storm revealed the City of L.A. might be trying to push the pop-art master out of his Venice studio shack for the sake of a parking lot, he exited quie ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Edward Joseph Kim, Venice Marijuana Dispensary Owner, Arrested on Suspicion of Selling Weed After Pot Shop is Raided
Blockbuster marijuana at this Venice storefront.Updated after the jump: Kim was arrested last month on suspicion of transportation-for-sale of marijuana. A dispensary owner was arrested after the LAPD raided a Venice pot shop this week, according to the department. Thirty-year-old Edward Jo ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2011
Venice Would be Vulnerable to Japan-Style Tsunami, But Warning Sirens Would Not Sound
Minami (not tsunami) in Venice.If a tsunami ever hit the Southern California coast, Venice would be in for a catastrophic drenching. That much is made clear by a state map that projects inundation (after the jump). So why then, with Newport Beach having installed Japanese-style warning siren ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
Venice Boardwalk: Billy Young, 23, Booked on Suspicion of Murder Following Fight, Stabbing
Anthony CitranoThe Venice boardwalk.Cops on Friday announced a suspect was quickly arrested following the stabbing death of a man on the Venice boardwalk near Westminster Boulevard. The attack happened following an argument and fight between two guys Thursday at 6:05 p.m., according to the L ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2010
L.A. Says Yes To RV Parking Limits In Venice, But Will Mayor Villaraigosa Veto The Restrictions?
Will RV dwellers be left out in the cold?The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday said Venice can have parking zones where RVs and other big vehicles are prohibited from dropping anchor overnight. The question is, will Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sign the ordinance or give it his mayoral vet ... More >>
News
September 30, 2010
Saving L.A. Foot by Foot
Once-Disgusting Venice Grand Canal is a living wetland again
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Homeless RV Campers Could Be Banned From Parking Overnight In Venice; But Foot-Dragging Tortures Issue
The days of otherwise homeless folks camping out in RVs parked on Venice streets could be coming to an end. After intense fighting over the plight of the "mobile homeless" in the liberal, beach-side community, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday moved forward with a plan that would allo ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Activist's Harsh Words For City Attorney Delivered Hours Before Pot Shop Was Raided
A Los Angeles police raid of a Venice medical marijuana dispensary last week, at a time when the city of L.A. has stated it will hold off on pot-shop enforcement, happened on a day when a City Hall activist happened to have been badmouthing the City Attorney on the issue via web radio. Zuma ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
LAPD Raids Venice Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Google MapsA Venice medical marijuana dispensary was raided by police Thursday, a Los Angeles Police Department official confirmed to the Weekly. Yo! Venice! first reported the police action, stating that the target was the Green Goddess Collective at 70 Winward Avenue, which is near the epic ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
California Coastal Commission Affirms Its Stand Against Resident-Only Parking In Venice
The California Coastal Commission backed up its own rejection of resident-only permit parking zones for Venice, releasing a series of "revised findings" that reject claims by those who wanted the overnight parking districts (OPDs) and bringing some joy to advocates who say the zones were mean ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
L.A. County Warns That Venice RV Operators Who Dump Sewage Into Gutters Could See Jail Time
Following three reports of illegal sewage dumping by RV operators in Venice last month the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works on Friday issued a warning stating that such activity could put suspects in jail for up to six months. Public Works director Gail Farber also said those co ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Lots Of DUI Checkpoints Planned By LAPD For Labor Day Weekend
Welcome to Labor Day Weekend Southern California. Now stay home. The Los Angeles Police Department is setting up more check points than a communist era Balkan republic. Seriously. So no cocaine in your purse. No weed smoke wafting from your vehicle. No sizzurp. And definitely no driving und ... More >>
News
August 19, 2010
Making Waves at Venice Breakwater
L.A. County officials toss surfers from historic public surf spot
Blogs
August 12, 2010
City Of L.A. Seeks To Overturn Coastal Commission Vote That Denies Residential Permit Parking In Venice
The city of Los Angeles renewed its year-old legal action against the California Coastal Commission this week, filing an amended and updated call-for-action in Superior Court that seeks to overturn a recent commission board vote that denies L.A. the ability to impose residential-permit parkin ... More >>
News
June 17, 2010
L.A. Medical-Marijuana Outlets Defy City
Two weeks after the "ban," dispensaries are waiting to hear from their lawyers
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Venice Overnight Parking Restrictions Rejected
Westside Councilman Bill Rosendahl on Monday said he was he was "very disappointed" by the California Coastal Commission's recent vote to reject a plan that would have eventually allowed Venice residents to restrict overnight parking on their blocks. "I am very disappointed that the Californi ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Two Detained Following Series Of Venice Fires
Venice.Two young men were detained Friday after a series of apparent arson fires broke out in Venice in recent weeks, authorities said. Undercover fire investigators from the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, staked the area out overnight ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Venice Overnight Parking Restrictions One Step Closer To Reality
Residents of Venice were one step closer this week to getting long-sought-after overnight parking districts after a deal was reached between the Venice Stakeholders Association, the California Coastal Commission and the city of Los Angeles, the VSA announced. The move could change the charact ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Some In Venice Decry A Rise In Crime, Homelessness
Some Venice residents are complaining that as city budget cuts take police from streets and county homeless officials claim Skid Row's street dwellers are decreasing, crime and homelessness are on the rise in L.A.'s bohemian beach-side community. Some crime has, in fact, been on the upswing ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
Venice Restaurant Tapped For Landmark Status
In a unanimous, 3-0 vote, the city Cultural Heritage Commission recommended "historic-cultural monument" status for a Venice restaurant that was once home to beatniks, poets and musicians. As Venice West Cafe, 7 Dudley Ave. was the epicenter of Venice's counterculture and arts community in t ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Venice Boardwalk Circus Could See More Rules
The circus that is the Venice boardwalk, especially in warm summer months, is one of Los Angeles' more endearing displays, a drama that showcases a beach-side slice of the city's broad diversity and liberal soul. It's not always so endearing, however, to some who live nearby. Venice has chang ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Los Angeles Has The Worst Roads In The Nation (Tell Us Something We Don't Already Know)
Have we told you how many rims we've cracked as a result of local potholes? TRIP, a national transportation research organization, feels our pain, calling L.A.'s roads the worst in the nation and reporting that torn up asphalt, along with congestion and other poor road conditions, cost the average L ... More >>
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