A tipster just sent us these photos he took on Venice Blvd this morning:

Oh that takes me back to the days of trudging through ran and snow, getting doused when MTA buses hit sludgy potholes, and other pleasantries of living in NYC.

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The Santa Monica Pier has it’s new ferris wheel and tonight was the big party to celebrate it. 160k lights later, here it is! Maybe we will go ride it next week! Free rides and food until midnight tonight!

Thanks Andy!

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The folks over at Ford are finally jumping in to this whole "eco friendly" craze by helping out the LA County Lifeguards. Over the next few months, 45 new Escape Hybrids will be making their way to our beaches replacing the old gas-guzzling Toyota pickups. Changes made to the Hybrid work trucks include: a radio [...]

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While Yo! Venice! supports good Police work when we see it, we also don’t like it when the laws of the citizens are deemed unnecessary for the people that enforce them. That said, it would be appropriate for the LAPD when bringing their horses to patrol the boardwalk to bring über sized pooper scoopers and [...]

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This weekend has been fairly cloudy (getting sunny at 5) and cold, which has made for a fairly deserted Venice Beach this Memorial Day weekend. That is all fine by us locals, as there isn’t much traffic to speak of as witnessed by the lack of any lines at the beach parking lots. Unfortunately the [...]

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