From the “summer is almost over and the tourists went home” department at the  LA Times: Venice beachgoers eager for a speedy thrill ride over the boardwalk on a proposed zip line will have to wait until at least next summer. After a months-long delay, the issue is now expected to be taken up at [...]

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Last night Captain Brian Johnson of the LAPD Pacific Division spoke at the Venice Neighborhood Council Board Meeting, discussing the recent face punching scandal of handcuffed skateboarder Ronald Weekly Jr. Tony Vera was there with his video camera. While the face punching scandal has become international news, here in Venice a number of neighbors voiced [...]

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The wonderfully nice people over at the Hollywood Bowl have offered us two tickets to give away for the Diana Krall concert this Saturday, August 25th! The show starts at 8pm, and they are great tickets! Diana Krall with guitar virtuoso Anthony Wilson in Madrid Grammy Award winning Krall is a sultry songstress and wickedly [...]

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From the Venice Stakeholders Association: Yesterday evening the Venice Neighborhood Council adopted the attached Motion, which was prepared by the Coalition to Save the Venice Post Office. The Coalition, which united all Venice organizations and neighborhoods, has called for maintaining the same public access to the Post Office’s lobby and the historic “Story of Venice” [...]

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Prince Harry hit up Las Vegas over the weekend. He nuded up and the pictures went all around the world via the internets. During Harry’s “walk of shame” (flight of shame for him) home, he stopped by Gjelina on Abbot Kinney to dine before his flight home to England. The end. Join the forum discussion [...]

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