Venice (California)

Strip Mall Rat: On the Corner of Venice and Hauser

There's not much going on around this stretch of Venice Boulevard. The bisected street hasn't quite hit Culver City, and isn't close enough downtown to simmer with Pico-Union's Central American spices. Sure, Tacos Leo is nearby and you can find a serviceable pupusa at Con Sabor down the street, but ... More >>

Dried and True Beef Jerky: Sriracha-Lime, Korean BBQ Flavors Perfect For That Paleo Diet

Years into a nationwide culinary movement that has seen countless producers returning to craft and traditional goods, Los Angeles boasts its own brands of locally roasted coffee, handmade chocolates and new school food trucks. But not until Angeleno Matt Lauster decided last year -- with flavors l ... More >>

Homeless Vets' Tough L.A. Winter

Many reject society's lofty plans for them

9 Silicon Beach Office Buildings and What They Say About Their Companies

See also: *More tech stories from L.A. Weekly *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. Since the arrival of Google in Venice last year, westside beach communities like Santa Monica, Playa Vista and others have seen an influx of tech companies, startups, investors and soft ... More >>

Why Are Angelenos So Good at Designing Human-Powered Transportation?

The streets of Venice Beach whir with the crunchy hum of skateboards, the utterly '80s rhythm of Rollerblades, the impossible physics of a surfer pedaling a beach cruiser barefoot, one arm slung around a board. A new design exhibition on Abbot Kinney that focuses on human-powered movement is almost ... More >>

Dustin Thomason on His Novel 12.21, a Maya Calendar Doomsday Thriller

L.A. author Dustin Thomason wrote the bestseller The Rule of Four with Ian Caldwell. He's now going solo with 12.21, published in August, about a doctor trying to save civilization from destruction on Dec. 21, 2012, which is when the world will supposedly end, according to the Maya calendar. Publish ... More >>

Superba-Califragilistic Snack Bar

Jason Neroni's new Venice restaurant, is, yes, superb

Marijuana Robbery Suspects Get Asses Kicked by Venezia Pot Shop Owner in Venice (VIDEO)

Four guys who tried to rob a Venice marijuana dispensary left with blunt bruises instead of good weed. It happened over the weekend at Venezia Discount Collective on Washington Boulevard, according to KTLA News. Turns out the owner is a martial arts practitioner who kicked some ass. The alleged ba ... More >>

Food News Roundup: 8 Venice Boardwalk Restaurants, Brewery Road Tripping Mexi-Indian Enchiladas

Eater L.A.: 8 places to eat this summer along the Venice Boardwalk. The Healthy Voyager: A recipe for Mexi-Indian Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas. Bon Appetit: A food truck venn diagram. Finer Things L.A.: Happy hour becomes social hour at Red O. L.A. Foodie: Despite resembling a tourist ... More >>

Fishing Boat With 20 Illegals Lands in El Segundo

If you plan on coming to America in a small "panga" boat, try to land in Venice. Stinking wet with ragged clothes on, people will assume you belong. Unfortunately for this group of 20 suspected illegals, likely from Mexico, their boat came ashore along a wide-open stretch of beach in El Segundo. Yo ... More >>

Marijuana for the Taking (and the Toking) Found Floating in Ocean off Marina Del Rey

Yes, there is a god, said the surfer. Free marijuana floating in the ocean was just there for the taking. Unfortunately, Sheriff's deputies got to it before any of the guys at Venice Pier could. Damn it:

Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sales Ban

LAPD will decide what can be peddled as art

Gajin Fujita's 'Made in L.A.' at L.A. Louver: Sold-Out Show Continues Graf Artist's Rise to Blue-Chip Status

Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, CAEast vs. West, from 2010​Gajin Fujita has email now. The Japanese American, Boyle heights resident and retired K2S graffiti crew member has finally come into the computer age, albeit rather reluctantly. Until now, the only way to reach the reclusive artist was b ... More >>

Rising Sea Levels Could Cost L.A. Area Coastal Communities -- Malibu, Venice -- Nearly $1 Billion

Michael ClesleDas Bu.​This is really happening. First, we confirmed that, yes, as you toasted in 100 degree weather the first week of September, summers actually are likely getting hotter as a result of global warming. Now this: A study by San Francisco State University says some folks along ... More >>

Drunk Driver Crackdown on Massive Scale to Close Out Summer in Los Angeles

dogwelder​At time when L.A.'s chief budget analyst actually suggested that more parking tickets could be one way to help City Hall's money problems, the LAPD sure seems to be doing its part. If you believe critics who argue that the department has targeted poorer, immigrant-heavy communities ... More >>

Cops Raid Rawesome Foods; Owner James Stewart Arrested

Amy ScattergoodAuthorities raid Rawesome Foods in Venice, Calif.​[Update, 2:36 p.m.: The official word from the DA's office is that Stewart, Palmer & Bloch were arrested on criminal conspiracy charges stemming from the alleged illegal production and sale of unpasteurized goat milk, goat cheese ... More >>

Beaches in L.A. Moving Inland: Rising Seas Via Global Warming Mean Drinking Water Problems

Kim Davies​Why go to the beach when the beach will come to you? Literally. Slowly: A fraction of an inch at a time. A new report says that by the mid point of this decade sea level will be a foot and a half higher. That, in our view, could be devastating to the way-too-close-to-the-beach deve ... More >>

10 Restaurants Off the 405 Between the 105 and the 10 Where You Can Escape Traffic and Regain Your Sanity

Click for the Google Mapped version of this list.​ When we first moved to LA, a longtime resident asked us if we wanted to see the biggest parking lot in the world. "Sure, why not?" we answered, because we're suckers. "Go to the 405," he answered, which, incidentally, is the closest advice t ... More >>

Venice Shooting Leaves One Man Dead, More Wounded at Penmar Park During Girls' Softball Game

Yo! VeniceShooting at Penmar Park​Update: An LAPD captain says another victim has died -- bringing the death toll to two. He says nine casings from a 9mm handgun have been recovered from the scene, and that the shooting victims, who looked like they were in their early 20s, had just graduated ... More >>

Venice Beach Crime: LAPD Goes Undercover to Infiltrate The Funky 'Drum Circle'

Tony Vera / YouTubeDrum-da-drum-drum.​The Venice beach drum circle, a Sunday spectacle of rhythm and body odor, is now home to six undercover police officers, according to Associated Press. This after a springtime of violence in the afternoon circles that have included a stabbing and fights. ... More >>

The Merchant of Venice and God of Carnage

10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Coffee

T. NguyenA pretty cup from Espresso Cielo in Santa Monica.​ Intelligentsia's founder, Doug Zell, told us in 2009 that "LA got a later start in terms of the very best coffee can offer, but they seem to be embracing it with the religious zeal of a convert." The conversion didn't happen overnight ... More >>

COME HERE, YOU DELIGHTFUL LITTLE CUP OF CAKE

Google Moves Into Hip, Gehry-Designed Pad at 340 Main Street in Venice Beach (PHOTOS)

wvs.topleftpixel.com​Welcome to Venice, Google! Your 6,000 new employees will be pleased to hear that Lindsay Lohan's new four-bedroom is located a convenient four-minute drive south [Voila! Driving directions! Have we told you lately that we love you, Goo-Goo?] and the weird sushi/hamburger/b ... More >>

Top 10 Los Angeles Bans Of 2010: They Left Us Bagless, Smokeless And Puppyless, With Nary A Loko In Sight

​Updated after the jump: What kind of awards show would this be without a guest star? Nothing like a good hard ban to make life in this concrete jungle a little more oppressive. Between the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and most other governing bodies within county limits, politicians on ... More >>

GET LIT UP IN MARINA DEL REY

More Santa Monica Place Market Vendors: N'Ice Cream, Venokado, Etc.

N'Ice Cream co-owner Christian Toxboe​ The Market at the new Santa Monica Place, the totally renovated Frank Gehry-designed Santa Monica mall that reopened (huge crowds, mall food, some slightly better mall food, etc.) in early August, is slowly adding more and more shops to the list of those ... More >>

What's Your Dirtiest Jason Bentley Sexual Fantasy?

Jason Bentley: sexxxy voice, sexxxy look (wait, isn't that "Blue Steel"?!?!?!)​We were talking to an acquaintance (female, late 30s, educated, divorced) and she was telling us that one of the main reasons she listens to NPR every morning has to do with... well, the tingly feelings she gets fro ... More >>

L.A. Has Second-Worst Roads In Nation: We Beg To Differ

​On a day when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigos was trumpeting a 7.5-mile temporary bike route called "CicLAvia" for Oct. 10 (we don't get it either), a Washington, D.C. transportation group announced that L.A. has the second worst roads in the nation. (This inspired a newscaster on KNX 1 ... More >>

Will Villaraigosa Veto RV Parking Limits In Venice?

​Fearing that anti-RV parking zones for Venice could be vetoed by Los Angeles' mayor, the leader of a beach-side community group penned an open letter to Antonio Villaraigosa and Westside city Councilman Bill Rosendahl challenging them to get the overnight parking limits off the ground. Rosen ... More >>

Mike Penner's Difficult Life

Proponents Of Permit Parking In Venice Recharge Their Lawsuit Against Coastal Commission

​A group that has been lobbying for permit-only parking overnight in Venice is updating a lawsuit that challenges the California Coastal Commission's repeated denial of the "Overnight Parking Districts." The Venice Stakeholders Association stated that on Tuesday it would file a supplemental p ... More >>

Petroleum Tar Balls Wash Ashore At Los Angeles Beaches

​Tar balls have been washing up along Santa Monica Bay beaches, according to reports, but there's no oil spill to blame, as is the case in the Gulf of Mexico region. The small black dollops of petroleum have been spotted in Venice, according to Fox 11 News, and Santa Monica, according to KNX ... More >>

Lawsuit Filed Against LAPD, City In Case Of Fatal Venice Collision

Devin Petelski​The parents of a young woman killed in a collision with a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser in Venice have filed a civil suit against the city, the LAPD, and officers James Eldridge (the driver) and Ramon Vasquez, attorneys for the family announced Friday. Devin Petelski, 2 ... More >>

Registration Now Open for the 26th Abbot Kinney Festival

The 26th annual Abbot Kinney Festival, which will be held this year on September 26th, has opened its online registration for potential vendors and exhibitors. The second largest festival in Southern California, founded in 1984, is bound to produce a few memorable moments. And as the festival nears, ... More >>

More Tax Day Relief Drink Deals and Food Specials

Takami/Elevate LoungeFree Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice at Takami/Elevate Lounge.​ The day you've dreaded is now upon us: April 15th. Tax Day. The last thing you probably want to do is lighten your wallet even more. Fortunately, as mentioned in the previous Tax Day Relief post, a lot of L.A. bars ... More >>

SOMETHING RANDY NEWMAN CAN SING ABOUT

LAPD Conducts Homeless Sweep In Venice

​An early dawn sweep of homeless people along the beach in Venice Friday netted 20 arrests, police said. Some of the young people arrested thanked police for taking them in because they had not showered in days. The Beach Curfew Task Force hit the area around Muscle Beach before dawn and targ ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Police Investigating Venice Murder-Rape Suspect For Other Possible Crimes

Google Maps​Police on Thursday said they were looking into the possibility that the suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a pregnant woman in Venice could be linked to other crimes. KNX 1070 Newsradio states that police are double checking unsolved crimes in the area to determine if the su ... More >>

Meals On Wheels: A Brief L.A. Food Truck Update

Buttermilk Truck launches the evening of November 11th at The Brig in Venice (via LAist). The Grilled Cheese Truck, which launched last week, just posted this week's schedule on their website. Today, Brentwood. Tomorrow, on KTLA. Flying Pig Truck, which hit the streets in mid-October, is on Cahuen ... More >>

SONGSTRESS-MUSICIAN SUNNY WAR

She's going to blow your mind

Homeless Versus Venice

Winnebago world clashes with City Hall politics and progressive dreams

Rider on the Storm: The Best and Worst of L.A. Buses, Subways and Light Rail

Scenic journeys to hell, on wheels

Everything Bad Starts in Culver City. Everything.

Can't We All Calm Down?

Ignorance simmers over the Venice High shooting

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