This year’s Venice Juneteenth event took place in Reese-Tabor Oakwood Park on June 18. A large gathering of multi-generational Venetians came together on this sunny Saturday to celebrate the national holiday […]
By Jon Wolff On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 the Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee of the Los Angeles City Council approved Agenda Item #4 to rename Oakwood Recreation Center as […]
Erin Darling is running for the office of City Councilmember for District 11 of the Los Angeles City Council. District 11 includes many communities and neighborhoods that make up the West Side […]
You can download a copy of the latest Beachhead Here. The Free Venice Beachhead March_2022.
With filmmaker Stan Mitchel…interview by Enyaj Pitchford In my last article, I focused on the social conditions that led to what was called “The War” by locals, and the dissemination of the […]
By Enyaj Pitchford I sat down to have a chat with Stan Mitchell, creator of the award winning Venice America film. I was delighted to find Stan to be a great historian […]
By Naomi Nightingale – Social Justice Activist, Save Venice Community Organization. Celebrated by many African Americans since June 19, 1865, Juneteenth began in Texas as the day the news was received, two […]
By Jon Wolff The following is from conversations with Venice Activist Laddie Williams, Venice Elder Jataun Valentine, and Dr. Naomi Nightingale about the recent staff report from the Office of Historical Resources […]
By Jon Wolff, photos by Margaret Molloy The West Los Angeles Planning Commission met on August 15, 2018 to hear an appeal from Venice activists to oppose a proposal to convert the […]
By Jon Wolff The following is from a recent conversation with Venice Elder, Joe Washington who was a member of the First Baptist Church on Westminster Avenue and 7th Avenue in Oakwood […]
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