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West Los Angeles Shooting Claims Life Of One, Injures Another On Playboy Crip Turf

One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting in West Los Angeles a couple miles south of Beverly Hills today. The attack in an alley near South Garth and Cadillac avenues was reported at 12:12 p.m., LAPD Officer Sara Faden told the Weekly. Someone wearing dark clothing walked up and ... More >>

Microsoft Opening Venice Offices

Microsoft is coming to Venice. The company confirmed to the Weekly that it's leasing space in the beachside community, which is already home to Google offices and those of other tech companies. Here's what Microsoft's director of consumer communications told us:

A Party for People Obsessed With Typewriters

Typewriters are sexy! Well, sort of. Sunday afternoon, Venice's venerable poet headquarters Beyond Baroque hosted a Type-In featuring a dozen vintage typewriters, their vintage repairpersons and a whole slew of other typographic delights -- including typewritten poems on demand and a screening o ... More >>

911 For Emergency Food Delivery? LAPD Tells Homeless Man in Venice to Call Cops For Food

The arrest of a man who allegedly snatched a purse at a popular Venice restaurant yesterday was caught on video. Ho-hum, yeah. But what's interesting is that an LAPD officer lectures him and suggests that if the suspect was simply homeless and hungry, as he claimed, all he had to do was call 911 an ... More >>

Jason Neroni Details Menu for Venice's Superba Snack Bar

Fresh off his two-night menu sneak peek at Pitfire Pizza on Fairfax, Jason Neroni has revealed some more tasty tidbits on his newest collaboration with Pitfire founder Paul Hibler, Venice's Superba Snack Bar, which is slated to open in July. The space will be a modern take on what they call a "p ... More >>

Venice Beach Treasure Chest Discovery Punks Memorial Day Crowd: VIDEO

Pirates used to bury their treasure for safekeeping. Unfortunately none of them seemed to be operating in Venice. That didn't stop a group of pranksters from punking beach-goers -- "Sex Toy" Dave Levine of Millionaire Matchmake allegedly among them -- over the weekend with a fake reveal of a trea ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Drunk Patrols, Checkpoints in Full Effect in L.A. Starting Tonight

As if we need another beer holiday St. Patrick's Day, the drunkest of such occasions, is upon us. And, of course, your friendly, neighborhood police officer is fully ready to haul you into jail. On top of that, St. Patrick's Day this year falls on a Saturday (this Saturday), which should fuel the a ... More >>

Venice 13 Gang Leader 'Trippy' Sentenced to 10 Years for Handing Homie a Gun

George Robert Lopez, a 41-year-old leader of the notorious Venice 13 gang who goes by "Trippy," was finally put behind bars last week. But given this guy's reputation, and the massive joint sting operation it took to bring him down (led by the ATF and the LAPD last winter/spring), his charges are o ... More >>

Top 5 Overlooked Architecture and Design Venues in L.A.

Courtesy of Materials & ApplicationsA view of the front yard: Food Pyramid (2010), by Didier Hess.​ Great architecture is everywhere in Los Angeles, even if you have to drive along the mostly unscenic 405 and past the run-down auto body stores in order to get there. Most Angelenos have a few t ... More >>

Mobile Venice Studio Jam in the Van Lures in A-List Talent

Abran Rubiner​In London, folks hold acoustic sessions in the back of a taxi. In New York, musicians play rock shows in the subway. But until now, to the best of our knowledge, no one was making any decent music in vans. But that's changed. Witness Jam in the Van rolling down the streets of V ... More >>

Venice's RV-Dwelling Mobile Homeless Targeted by LAPD For Harassment, Lawsuit Claimed: Court Rejects it, But Appeal Planned

Dennis RomeroThe Real Recreational Vehicles of Venice.​Venice's mobile homeless, the folks who live in RVs parked on beach-side streets, have comprised a simmering issue that has pitted the community's liberal soul against its golden property values. A federal lawsuit against the city and LA ... More >>

Junior Diaz and Alan Mateo, Venice High Seniors, Murdered at Penmar Park One Day Before Graduation

FacebookJunior Diaz, one of two Venice teens who were murdered yesterday.​Updated after the jump: LAPD officers say they amped security at last night's Venice High graduation ceremony, keeping an eye out for gang activity. Originally posted June 24 at 7 a.m. A bloody shooting at Penmar Par ... More >>

Faile Launches Steve Lazarides' Venice Venture Post No Bills, Which Proves Print Isn't Dead

Shannon CottrellMaster printmaker Ramon De Larosa oversees Faile's prints at Post No Bills in Venice​ This week's main art feature in LA Weekly's print edition comes from our resident street art expert Shelley Leopold, who looks into London dealer (and former Banksy gallerist) Steve Lazarides' ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Tweets Photo of Venice Stalker: He's Allegedly Been Trespassing, Sending Her Death Threats

Twitter via @lindsaylohan​Updated after the jump: Lohan has been granted a restraining order against the man, identified as David Cocordan. Apparently he's sent her over 100 violent/sexual texts, leaves chocolates on her porch and thinks they're in a relationship. Gross. Originally posted May ... More >>

Venice Homeless Man Arrested At L.A. City Hall For Angry 'Socialist' Rant -- 'Way Out Of Line' After Tucson Massacre, Says Councilman Bill Rosendahl

Los Angeles TimesMedia darling and longtime Venice transient David Busch​David Busch, 55, stood up during public comment at a Transportation Committee meeting yesterday -- and comment did he ever. According to L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who was leading the meeting, Busch "waved his ... More >>

FILM SCHOOL VS. FARMERS MARKET

Mystery Friend Of The Butterflies Turns Venice Lot Into Monarch Sanctuary

Paradox Creations via Wix.comSome people just can't get enough of them Monarchs​It seems the journalists at the Venice Patch "shopper" finally set foot outside the office today, and get a load of the natural wonders they stumbled upon: Ready? A Monarch butterfly sanctuary on Pacific Avenue an ... More >>

L.A. Radio Personality Michael Linder To Start Venice-Centric Internet Station, Following Layoffs At KABC And KNX

KVB.fmFinally -- a voice for stoned skater kids and funnel cakes​Internet-only news outlets Yo! Venice! and AOL Patch's fluffy Venice branch are about to have some friendly competition on the neighborhood news watch. "If Venice Patch was a print newspaper, it'd be more of a shopper," says L.A ... More >>

Dead Body Found Floating In Venice Canals; L.A. Lifeguards Surf Corpse To Shore

Los Angeles Photo GalleryThe normally tranquil Venice canals​Update: The coroner has determined that the man drowned accidentally. His identity is still unknown. Originally posted on Nov. 22 at 11:12 a.m. The Venice canals have seen sewage overflows, rotten stoppages, messy floods and swarms ... More >>

Beauty Is Pain: L.A.'s Popular 'Brazilian Blowout' Bashed For Toxic Fumage

Bobby Cooper SalonWe'd rather be doing Brazilian Blow​Nicole Richie swears by it. The Olsen twins bathe in it. (Their hair, you perves.) Lindsay Lohan would go back to jail for it. Studio Noi -- a shmancy little salon in Venice -- blasts it on the daily. From across the country, the ball-bust ... More >>

Website Yo! Venice! Accuses AOL's Patch Of Taking Content: Patch Says It Was A Misunderstanding

VSA via FacebookDid Patch rip off content again?​The folks over at the Yo! Venice! community news site have grown wary of seeing competitor Patch, an AOL-funded start-up, continually post the same local news only minutes after, it claims, its own version of the news items go live. But what ha ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Train Driver

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leap of Faith and God's FavoriteNEW REVIEW GO THE TRAIN DRIVER ​ Photo by Ed Krieger South African playwright Athol Fugard's plays have dealt with the havoc wrought in his country by Apartheid, but his more recent works also often possess the feel of a ghos ... More >>

Did AOL's Patch Take Content Again -- This Time From An NBC Los Angeles Story About Sand Replenishment In Venice?

Talk of the SoundPatch admitted to biting this photo in New York.​Updated after the jump with reaction from Patch's Venice editor. First posted at 7:07 a.m. We reported recently on a couple of instances in which Patch, AOL's new network of hyper-local news sites, has been caught stealing cont ... More >>

Another Case Of Sewage Dumping From An RV Alleged In Venice: Activist Marta Evry Alarmed By LAPD's Tame Response

Yo! Venice!RV alleged to have dumped sewage in Venice gets stopped by the LAPD.​There's so much uproar about sewage flowing on the streets of Venice you'd think it was a Third World slum. Another poop alert was issued over the weekend when an RV operator was spotted dumping its tank on Venice ... More >>

More Poop On The Streets Of Venice As Some Residents Say RV Dwellers Use Disabled Parking Permits To Stay Put

Yo! Venice!Suspected poop-mobile gets a tow in Venice.​The campaign to rid Venice of folks who live their RVs was kicked up a notch this week as another case of sewage dumping by an RV dweller was reported on the same day that anti-"mobile homeless" activists were pressing the city to crack do ... More >>

Venice Group Critical Of Plan To Create Overnight RV Parking Lots For 'Mobile Homeless'

​A Venice residents' group this week criticized a city program that aims to provide safe parking lots where at least some of the beach community's controversial RV dwellers could stay overnight. Zeroing in on the "Streets to Homes" document that seeks proposals from nonprofit groups that wish ... More >>

'Venice Poo Poo Blues' Video Criticizes City For Allowing 'Mobile Homeless' RV Dwellers In Beach Community

YouTubeWould founder Abbot Kinney "hang himself and die" if he saw Venice today?​The battle over the "mobile homeless" in Venice hit a high note Monday when a resident opposed to the constant and perhaps growing presence of RV dwellers posted a YouTube video called "Venice Poo Poo Blues" (afte ... More >>

Rosendahl Responds To Criticism Of RV Situation In Venice, Fast-Tracks Restrictive Parking Zones

Bill Rosendahl.​Residents of Venice who want restrictions on overnight parking for oversize vehicles can now move forward with petitions that would get city signs in place on their blocks. Responding to criticism that his office has been slow to make moves when it comes to dealing the beach c ... More >>

Opponents Of Venice RV Sewage Dumpers Want Coastal Commission To Reconsider Exclusive Parking Zones

​Two sides in the fight over Venice's embattled "mobile homeless" fired off shots over the weekend, with the group Venice Action urging the California Coastal Commission to affirm its denial of resident-only parking zones in the area and Venice Stakeholders Association asking the commission to ... More >>

Venice RVs Removed After Complaints Of Dumping Human Waste

The Venice RV fight goes on....​Update of update: The RVs are back on 3rd, according to an activist. Update: Sgt. Jeff Merlot, LAPD Pacific, provides details of the operation to remove the RVs: LAPD was called at 10 Tuesday night by Dept. of Sanitation and Watershed Protection Division after ... More >>

LA City Councilman Bill Rosendahl Condemns Venice RV Dumping

​Earlier we told you about Haz-Mat teams and LAPD apparently moving at least a dozen RVs from Venice Beach after complaints that an RV in another part of Venice dumped the contents of its on-board septic tank on to a city street. L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has been trying to manage ... More >>

Some Venice Residents Fume Over RV's Alleged Sewage Dumping

File photo​Some Venice residents were fuming over the weekend after a report surfaced alleging that a couple of RV dwellers dumped sewage from the vehicle's septic tank into a gutter in the 3600 block of South Pacific Avenue along the community's more-tony Marina Peninsula. According to a ser ... More >>

LAPD Plans DUI And Drivers License Checkpoints For The Weekend

​(Ladies and) gentlemen, don't start your engines. It's going to be a big weekend for DUI checkpoints. What's the occasion? We don't know. It's not the 4th of July or even New Year's Eve, but the men and women in blue will be out in force in the city of Los Angeles. So be on your best behavior ... More >>

Women Set To Protest Topless For Equal Rights In Venice

​ A bevy of topless woman plan on marching the streets of Venice Sunday to demand that all women have the right to bare their chests. The nationwide event is being organized by GoTopless, a group trying to help women "perceive their breasts as noble, natural parts of their anatomy."

Venice Supporters Of Special RV Parking Lots Decry Opposition's 'Propaganda'

​Venice supporters of special parking lots where RV dwellers would be able to stay overnight issued an "action alert" Monday calling out opponents for allegedly disseminating "propaganda" regarding the issue. "Most outrageous have been claims of increased crimes such as arson, prostitution, d ... More >>

Police Crack Down On Echo Park Lake Swap Meet Vendors

​ LAPD officers swept through Echo Park Lake yesterday issuing warnings and citations to vendors who refused to leave the sprawling unregulated flea market, according to the Eastsider LA. "We understand they are trying to make a living," Sgt. Joel Miller of LAPD's Rampart Divison told the Ea ... More >>

Venice Activists Calls B.S. On City's Vision Of Beach RV Life

A vision of RV life in Venice?​

Gentry Against Funky in Venice

Bill Rosendahl's RV campground for drifters and homeless pits left against left-of-left

Plan To Create Special Parking Lots For RV Dwellers In Venice Moves Forward

​A plan by Los Angeles city Councilman Bill Rosendahl to create special overnight parking lots for people who live in their RVs in Venice and other Westside communities in his district is moving forward this summer, but not without criticism on both sides of the homeless issue. The "Safe Park ... More >>

Westside Food Fest: Music and Food Trucks at Venice High

Giana MucciA fundraiser catering alternative​ The new wave of food trucks in Los Angeles has changed the dynamic of our city's dining scene. The clearest winners from all of this, it seems, have been the everyday office workers, who suddenly have an array of new, interesting, and relatively i ... More >>

Plane Crashes On Venice Golf Course [Updated]

Google Maps​[Updated at 7:15 p.m.] A man died, presumably the pilot, when a small airplane crashed near the eighth hole of the Penmar golf course in Venice Thursday evening, Los Angeles fire officials said. The crash at 1233 East Rose Ave. Was reported at 6:06 p.m., according to Erik Scott o ... More >>

Oversize Parking Restrictions For RVs, Other Big Vehicles, Approved By Los Angeles City Council

​The Los Angeles City Council this week gave final approval to an ordinance that will allow residents to obtain restrictions on a block-by-block basis that would prohibit RVs and other oversize vehicles from parking there overnight. The oversize-vehicle law would allow a majority of a block's ... More >>

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Opposes Overnight Parking Restrictions In Venice

​Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently expressed his opposition to a deal that would have allowed Venice residents to create overnight parking districts, according to Venice Paper. In a letter he rejected the City Council's approval of a deal with the California Coastal Commission ... More >>

Enhancing the Vibe at Venice Grind

Ben CalderwoodPleasure cruising at Venice Grind​ Everything is in its right place at Mar Vista's most adequately hip coffee joint, where the beans and teas are organic, there is fresh fruit for those who abstain from refined sugar and the corkboard near the entrance is festooned with notices f ... More >>

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