From KTLA: Authorities are searching for more possible victims after a youth pastor in Venice was arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl for more than a year. Granada Hills resident, 28-year-old Demetrius Darnell Allen, is facing 10 counts of a lewd act upon a child and one count each of possession of child pornography [...]

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A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever fatally shot a sea lion in the Santa Monica Bay a week ago. From The Santa Monica Daily Press: On the afternoon of Aug. 3, an adult female sea lion was found dead on Venice Beach, said Paul Wallerstein [...]

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From The Venice Stakeholders Association: Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D-Venice) today asked the U.S. Postal Service for a written plan detailing the legal protections that the Postal Service intends to employ to protect the Venice Post office in the event that the structure is sold. The Congresswoman has joined the Venice Stakeholders Association, the Venice Neighborhood [...]

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Earlier this week, Venice video journalist Tony Vera settled his assault suit with Mike Tyson for an undisclosed sum. Vera is going to use some of the proceeds to hire Venice muralist Rip Cronk to create a mural of Venice resident and international soul singing star Mary Christine Brockert, best known as “Teena Marie”, who [...]

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