By Jim Smith When President Obama nominated fellow Harvard Law School graduate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on March 16, he thought he was picking the least controversial judge he could […]
Judge Garland Stumbles Over The Venice Post Office
Time to Take Back Our Post Office: Joel Silver Runs Out of Money
By Greta Cobar The owner of our former, historic post office is being sued for close to $2 million in delinquent payments resulting from his renovation of the 1601 Main St. building. […]
New Petition Filed in the Sale of the Historic Venice Post Office
By Greta Cobar Talk of a possible sale of our historic Venice Post Office started in March 2011 and was followed by an unprecedented community unity in our efforts to keep it […]
Edward Biberman and the Painting of the Post Office Mural
By Suzanne W. Zada This is a re-print from the December 2007 edition of the Beachhead After working and studying in Paris during the late twenties, Edward Biberman returned to the United […]
Venice Circle
By Jim Smith Public space is taking a beating in Venice lately. First, our beautiful beach is off limits to Venetians, and everyone else, from midnight to 6 a.m. Then our nutty […]
“Story of Venice” Belongs in Venice
By Greta Cobar As we continue to come together as a community to fight yet another major wave of gentrification (there have been others in the past 65 years or so), it […]
Our Community Efforts: Parking and Post Office
By Greta Cobar When it came to deciding on Overnight Pay Parking Permits in Venice, the California Coastal Commissioners stayed true to their oath of protecting beach access. It definitely was a breath of fresh […]
Sidewalk and Bus Stop Taken Over by Owner of Venice Historical Post Office
By Greta Cobar Joel Silver, the new owner of the historical building that formerly housed the Venice Post Office, does not have permits to block the sidewalk and the bus stop around […]
Abbot Kinney to Venice: Bring Me Back Home
By Greta Cobar The new owner of the Venice historic post office not only removed the Edward Biberman mural from the lobby, but is also planning to move it to a different […]
Edward Biberman Mural
By Delores Hanney Since the recent slipping into private hands of the 1939 WPA-built post office in Venice, there has been much anguish and gnashing of teeth mainly due to the loss […]
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