MONDAY, JANUARY 15 @ 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Western and MLK Jr. Blvd. Los Angeles. Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition of Greater LA in partnership with the Poor People’s campaign will be marching […]
March for Humanity on MLK’s Birthday!
There’s a Monolith at Venice and Lincoln
By Jim Smith, photos by Margaret Molloy. The intersection of Lincoln and Venice Blvd. is now my favorite corner in Venice. It’s hard to believe, but there’s a shiny, new black monolith […]
Why Property Owners Should Vote NO to the Venice Beach Business Improvement District
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are, by design, controlled by a very small group of commercial property owners, excluding the voice of most paying into the BID and completely excluding residential property owners, […]
Ending Police Brutality
by Michael Wamback From Ferguson to Venice, police abuse of power has been a hot topic. We get upset about it, and rightly so. But where does it come from, and what […]
My World: Race in America
By Ronald K. Mc Kinley I recently had a conversation, discussion, with someone I held in some regard. What we discussed is not important. We did not agree. This someone said to […]
Letter: LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
Dear Beachhead LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST -as told to Chee Wah Wah seagull- written anonymously out of fear. I was hanging out one evening by the pagoda on Dudley […]
THE REAL BILL OF RIGHTS – by Marty Liboff
1. Congress shall make no law respecting an estab-lishment of religion; you must worship the Republicans or Democrats. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or the press, or […]
The Sunshine Is Free: The Aftermath of the LAPD’s Beating of Samuel Calhoun Arrington
By Krista Schwimmer A year ago on August 7th, Samuel Calhoun Arrington, a 52 year old mentally disabled, homeless, African-American man, was sitting under his umbrella where Ocean Front Walk intersects with […]
Beachhead Interviews Cleo Battle, Sister to Samuel Calhoun Arrington
(Note: This interview was conducted on April 26, 2015) Beachhead: First of all, I would like to ask you how you think things are progressing with Samuel? Cleo Battle: In what respect? […]
Attention! Mean, Sold Out Politicians Being Poor is Not a Crime! or Welcome to Occupied Venice!
Please dear Beachhead readers indulge me for a moment as I get a few things off of my chest. I’m very angry about a few things at the moment and I believe […]
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