Water is life; water is sacred. by Lydia Ponce CD11 Representative Bonin refuses to cease and simply give up the excessive and arrogant idea to put an ice skating rink at the […]
Munchimonster
Munchimonster teaches kids about health and sustainability. He loves organic veggies and reusable water canteens. He built his own treehouse and compost bin! The Kruddys eat processed foods, ( krud grub ). […]
A Tree Grows In Venice
by Krista Schwimmer (with thanks to Suzy Williams for suggesting this topic) When I was only four years old, I wrote my first verse. More like a Mother Goose rhyme, […]
A High-Tech Squeeze and Gridlock at OFW and Sunset Threaten to Take Venice Down
By John Stein An office building for general and internet technology uses has been proposed for 601 Ocean Front Walk (OFW) at Sunset Avenue. It would have 22,738sf of office space on […]
Lagoon Killers
By John Davis The L.A. County Board of Supervisors are on a rampage. They want to wipe out the natural virtues of natural coastal environments, replacing them with sterile flood control projects. […]
Oil Spill Reaches Venice
Environmental disaster from the May 20 Santa Barbara oil spill has reached Venice. The ruptured 24-inch pipeline, owned by Plains All American Pipeline, spilled 105,000 gallons of crude oil, some of which […]
Tree Massacre at Oxford Lagoon
By Charlotte Purein On December 31, 2014, 650 trees were sawed to the ground at the Oxford Lagoon. The 94-space city parking lot that borders the Oxford Lagoon is slated as the building site for 114 units (none […]
Sewer Project Broken
By John Davis City Councilperson Mike Bonin and County Supervisor Don Knabe should be greatly concerned about the proposed Sewer Main Project in Venice and Marina del Rey. Both the City and […]
Bird Totems of Venice: The Gull
By Krista Schwimmer If there is one seabird that defines a shoreline, it is the gull. Prolific, noisy, pesky and personable, the gull appears in a variety of cultures as hero, trickster, […]
Bird Totems of Venice: The American Coot
By Krista Schwimmer Winter is one of my favorite times to walk along the beach or to hang out on the Venice Pier. The light that reflects back from the ocean waters […]
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